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Buffumville Lake

Coordinates: 42°07′06″N 71°54′38″W / 42.11833°N 71.91056°W / 42.11833; -71.91056
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Buffumville Lake
Buffumville Lake shore
Location of Buffumville Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of Buffumville Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Buffumville Lake
Location of Buffumville Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Location of Buffumville Lake in Massachusetts, USA.
Buffumville Lake
LocationCharlton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°07′06″N 71°54′38″W / 42.11833°N 71.91056°W / 42.11833; -71.91056
Typereservoir
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area200 acres (81 ha)
Water volume5.2×10^9 US gal (20×10^6 m3)
Surface elevation490 ft (150 m)[1]

Buffumville Lake is a 200-acre (0.81 km2), 5.2-billion-US-gallon (20,000,000 m3) capacity United States Army Corps of Engineers flood control lake project located in Charlton, Massachusetts. The lake and surrounding grounds are open to the public for hiking, boating, fishing, and hunting. A 27-hole frisbee golf course is located next to the lake. Buffumville Lake is managed as a unit with the nearby Hodges Village Dam flood control project.

The 92-mile (148 km) Midstate Trail is accessible from the north end of the lake.

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