Profile Lake

{{Short description|Lake in New Hampshire, United States}}

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| name = Profile Lake

| image = Profile Lake NH August 2018.jpg

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| location = Franconia Notch State Park, Franconia, Grafton County, New Hampshire

| coords = {{Coord|44|9|49|N|71|40|41|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title}}

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| outflow = Pemigewasset River

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| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{Convert|0.3|mi|abbr=on}}

| width = {{Convert|0.1|mi|abbr=on}}

| area = {{Convert|13|acre|m2|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|15|ft|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{Convert|1930|ft|abbr=on}}

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| pushpin_map = New Hampshire#USA

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Profile Lake in New Hampshire, USA.

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Profile Lake is a {{Convert|13|acre|m2|adj=on}} water body located in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at the foot of Cannon Mountain.[http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803072027/http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/ |date=2013-08-03 }} The lake was given its name due to its location directly beneath the Old Man of the Mountain, a famous rock formation which collapsed in 2003. The lake is near the height of land in Franconia Notch; the lake's outlet is the Pemigewasset River, which flows south to the Merrimack River and ultimately the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The lake is classified as a coldwater fishery, with observed species including brook trout. Only fly fishing is allowed at Profile Lake.{{Cite web| url=http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/bathymetry/profile_franconia.pdf| title=Profile Lake, Franconia| publisher=NH Fish & Game| access-date=September 4, 2014}}