Sugar Hill Reservoir
Addison County, Vermont65 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Vermont DEC for this lake.
- 18 ft max depth
- Limited data
Sugar Hill Reservoir in Addison County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 65 acres.
Sugar Hill Reservoir is a 65-acre lake in Addison County, Vermont with an estimated average depth of about 18 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, VT DEC, last sampled 2023-05-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Sugar Hill Reservoir covers about 65 acres in Addison County. If you are planning to stay, you can search lake houses and cabins around Sugar Hill Reservoir on Vrbo, or look for a hotel room near the lake on Booking.com or Expedia.
What Sugar Hill Reservoir is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping2 public campgrounds nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Sugar Hill Reservoir 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 Sugar Hill Reservoir
These are the measurements Vermont DEC publishes for Sugar Hill Reservoir, 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
~18 ft est.
Surface area
65 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 Sugar Hill Reservoir.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
2 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.7 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,765 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 Sugar Hill Reservoir
- Moosalamoo Campground2.0 kmReserve
- Sucker Brook Shelter3.4 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)
Sugar Hill Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Sugar Hill (completed 1931), built primarily for hydroelectric on the Sucker Brook; earth-type dam, 60 ft tall and 855 ft long.
- Surface area
- 65 ac
- Normal storage
- 785 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 828 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 3 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Green Mountain Power Corporation
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VT00176 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Sugar Hill Reservoir
Where is Sugar Hill Reservoir?
- Sugar Hill Reservoir is a lake in Addison County, Vermont. Its water-quality measurements are published by Vermont DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Sugar Hill Reservoir?
- Sugar Hill Reservoir in Addison County, Vermont has water-quality measurements published by Vermont DEC, shown here as reported. Surface area: 65 acres.
Is Sugar Hill Reservoir safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sugar Hill Reservoir?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Sugar Hill Reservoir, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 18 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 65 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Sugar Hill Reservoir?
- Sugar Hill Reservoir has 2 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Moosalamoo Campground, Sucker Brook Shelter. 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 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Vermont Dept of Environmental Conservation
1VTDECWQ5 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- EPA approved Alternate Test Procedure for 4500 P H. Has a 28 day hold without acid preservation.
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles