Glen Lake
Rutland County, Vermont191 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Vermont DEC for this lake.
- 49 ft max depth
- Limited data
Glen Lake in Rutland County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 191 acres.
Glen Lake is a 191-acre lake in Rutland County, Vermont with an estimated average depth of about 49 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, VT DEC, last sampled 2024-04-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Glen Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Glen Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Glen Lake
These are the measurements Vermont DEC publishes for Glen 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
Max depth
~49 ft est.
Surface area
191 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Vermont has not published bathymetry for Glen Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
4 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3.2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
486 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Glen Lake
- Bomoseen State Park1.1 km
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Glen Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Glen Lake (completed 1991), built primarily for recreation on the Lake Bomoseen-Tr; concrete-type dam, 14 ft tall and 271 ft long.
- Surface area
- 191 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,735 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 3.05 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- STATE OF VERMONT - FPR
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VT00068 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Glen Lake
Where is Glen Lake?
- Glen Lake is a lake in Rutland County, Vermont. Its water-quality measurements are published by Vermont DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Glen Lake?
- Glen Lake in Rutland County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 191 acres.
Is Glen Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Glen Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Glen Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 49 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 191 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Glen Lake?
- Glen Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Bomoseen State Park. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
5 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation
1VTDECWQ5 samples · 2024
Analytical methods
- EPA approved Alternate Test Procedure for 4500 P H. Has a 28 day hold without acid preservation.
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles