Spectacle Pond
Barnstable County, Massachusetts92 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from MassDEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 40 ft max depth
Spectacle Pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 92 acres.
Spectacle Pond is a 92-acre lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts with a maximum depth of 40 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, MassDEP. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Spectacle Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water40 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Spectacle Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Spectacle Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Spectacle Pond
These are the measurements MassDEP publishes for Spectacle Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Max depth
40 ft
Surface area
92 acres
Shoreline
2.6 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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EPA Impairment Status
Spectacle Pond is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MA96307 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Spectacle Pond
Where is Spectacle Pond?
- Spectacle Pond is a lake in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Its water-quality measurements are published by MassDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Spectacle Pond?
- Spectacle Pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts has water-quality measurements published by MassDEP, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 40 ft. Surface area: 92 acres.
Is Spectacle Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Spectacle Pond is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Spectacle Pond?
- Spectacle Pond has a maximum depth of 40 feet. The lake covers 92 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Spectacle Pond come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database