How deep is Candlewood Lake?

Candlewood Lake reaches a maximum depth of 80 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 9 closed depth contours over about 5,116 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Candlewood Lake?

The deepest charted water on Candlewood Lake lies inside the 80 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 30 acres, under 1% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.

How much of Candlewood Lake is shallower than 40 feet?

About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 1,726 acres of the roughly 5,116 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 40 feet, where the mapped water sheds 1,620 acres.

How accurate is this Candlewood Lake depth map?

The contours come from the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Connecticut lake depth maps

Candlewood Lake depth map

Candlewood Lake in Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Connecticut reaches a depth of 80 feet. Candlewood Lake is charted here across 9 closed depth contours, from the 0 ft line down to 80 ft, enclosing about 5,116 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 40 ft line, and only 30 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.

Data: CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry (CC0). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated August 19, 2026

Candlewood Lake depth chart: 9 depth contours from 0 to 80 ft

Data: CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry (CC0), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

Candlewood Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
0 ft	5,116 acres	100%
10 ft	4,515 acres	88%
20 ft	4,030 acres	79%
30 ft	3,346 acres	65%
40 ft	1,726 acres	34%
50 ft	110 acres	2.2%
60 ft	75 acres	1.5%
70 ft	59 acres	1.1%
80 ft	30 acres	under 1%

Acreages are computed from the closed CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 5,116 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 0 ft line), which is the outer edge of the mapped water, several state files carry no 0 ft shoreline line, so this is not the same as a share of the lake's published surface area.

Fishing Candlewood Lake: a stepped drop into deep water

About 5,116 acres of Candlewood Lake sit inside the survey's 0 ft contour, and half of that water is already gone by the 40 ft line: the drop to the deep basin comes in stages, each contour giving up another slice of water, rather than in one abrupt wall. The steepest break on the chart runs from 30 down to 40 ft: 1,620 acres of bottom fall away across 10 ft there, which makes that band the first contour to work. The deepest 80 ft contour holds 30 acres, under 1% of the mapped water, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. 80 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 0-to-40 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 30–40 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on Candlewood Lake

Candlewood Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow waters around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break rather than out over the 80 ft hole. The 30–40 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 1,620 acres of bottom tilt away there, and panfish and walleye slide up and down it through the day. Late ice pushes fish back onto the 0-to-40 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Candlewood Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Candlewood Lake?: Candlewood Lake reaches a maximum depth of 80 feet in the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 9 closed depth contours over about 5,116 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 40 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Candlewood Lake?: The deepest charted water on Candlewood Lake lies inside the 80 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 30 acres, under 1% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a big lake, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
How much of Candlewood Lake is shallower than 40 feet?: About half. The 40 ft contour encloses 1,726 acres of the roughly 5,116 acres inside the outer 0 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 40 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 40 feet, where the mapped water sheds 1,620 acres.
How accurate is this Candlewood Lake depth map?: The contours come from the CT DEEP Lake Bathymetry survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Depth maps for lakes near Candlewood Lake

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Mapped fishing venues near Candlewood Lake

Candlewood Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

Ball Pond · 4 mi away
Leonard Pond · 14 mi away
Waramaug Lake · 14 mi away

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