Cedar Lake
Middlesex County, Connecticut68 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from CT DEEP for this lake.
- Public access
- Limited data
Cedar Lake in Middlesex County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 68 acres.
Cedar Lake is a 68-acre lake in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2025-02-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Cedar Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cedar Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cedar Lake
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Cedar Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
68 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by CT DEEP
No bathymetric survey has been published for Cedar Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
- Cedar LakePublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Cedar Lake
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Cedar Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Cedar Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Burr Brook; earth-type dam, 4 ft tall and 5.4 ft long.
- Surface area
- 68 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 18.85 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Town of Chester
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT01755 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Cedar Lake
Where is Cedar Lake?
- Cedar Lake is a lake in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cedar Lake?
- Cedar Lake in Middlesex County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 68 acres.
Is Cedar Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Cedar Lake?
- Cedar Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Cedar Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Cedar Lake?
- Cedar Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Connecticut's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS3 samples · 2025
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory