List of lakes of the United States
This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state.
By state[]
Alabama[]
Alaska[]
- Agiak Lagoon
- Nelson Lake
Arizona[]
Arkansas[]
California[]
- Beck Lakes
- Kinman Pond
- Sinaloa Lake
Colorado[]
Connecticut[]
- Ashford Lake
- Aspetuck Reservoir
- Bantam Lake (largest natural lake in Connecticut)
- Barkhamsted Reservoir
- Lake Beseck
- Breakneck Pond
- Candlewood Lake (largest lake in Connecticut)
- Lake Chaffee
- Converse Lake
- Deer Lake
- Lake Gaillard
- Gardner Lake
- Great Hollow Lake
- Lake Hayward
- Higganum Reservoir
- Highland Lake
- Hop Brook Lake
- Lake Lillinonah
- Mansfield Hollow Lake
- Mashapaug Lake
- Pinewood Lake
- Lake Pocotopaug
- Quaddick Reservoir
- Lake Quassapaug
- Round Pond
- Lake Saltonstall
- Saugatuck Reservoir
- Shenipsit Lake
- Lake Success
- Tuxis Pond
- Twin Lakes
- Lake Waramaug
- West Hartford Reservoir
- West Thompson Lake
- Wetherell Pond
- Lake Whitney
- Lake Zoar
Delaware[]
- Hoopes Reservoir
- Lums Pond (largest lake in Delaware)
- Lake Comegys
- Silver Lake
- Moores Lake
Florida[]
- Lake Alice
- Lake Altamaha
- Lake Angelo
- Lake Apopka
- Lake Aurora
- Lake Bennet
- Bonnet Lake
- Blue Cypress Lake
- Lake Center
- Lake Clay
- Counterfeit Lake
- Lake Crescent
- Lake Damon
- Dance Lake
- Lake Denton
- Dinner Lake
- Lake Dot
- Lake Easy
- Lake Effie
- Engineers Lake
- Lake Eva
- Lake Florence
- Lake George
- Lake Gross
- Lake Harney
- Lake Harris
- Lake Horney
- Lake Iamonia
- Lake Ina
- Lake Isis
- Lake Istokpoga
- Lake June in Winter
- Lake Katherine
- Lake Kissimmee
- Lake Lelia
- Lake Letta
- Lochloosa Lake
- Lake Lotta
- Lake Lucas
- Mallard Lake
- Lake Mariam
- Lake Mary Jane
- Lake Maude
- Lake McCoy
- Moody Lake
- Mountain Lodge Lake
- Lake Okeechobee (largest lake in Florida)
- Pabor Lake
- Padgett Lake
- Park Lake
- Lake Placid
- Lake Poinsett
- Lake Rachael
- Red Lake
- Lake Reed
- Lake Ring
- Lake Rousseau
- Sawgrass Lake
- Lake Seminole (extends into Georgia)
- Silver Lake
- Lake Sirena
- Lake Streety
- Sunset Lake
- Lake Tarpon
- Lake Tohopekaliga
- Tower Lakes
- Valkaria Lake
- Lake Verona
- Lake Viola
- Lake Washington
- Lake Weaver
- Lake Weir
- Lake Winder
- Lake Yale
Georgia[]
- Lake Allatoona
- Lake Arrowhead
- Lake Blackshear
- Lake Blue Ridge
- Lake Burton
- Carters Lake
- Chatuge Lake (extends into North Carolina)
- Chief McIntosh Lake
- Coleman Pond
- Davenport Lake
- Gannet Lake
- Goat Rock Lake
- Lake Harding (extends into Alabama)
- Lake Hartwell (extends into South Carolina)
- Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir
- Houston Lake (Georgia)
- Lot Pond
- Lake Jackson
- Lake Jodeco
- Lake Lanier
- Lake Nottely
- Lake Oconee:)
- Old Hell Lake
- Lake Oliver
- Lake Peachtree
- Pilcher Pond
- Lake Rabun
- Lake Seminole (extends into Florida)
- Lake Sinclair
- Lake Spivey
- Lake Strom Thurmond (extends into South Carolina. Largest lake in Georgia)
- Tallulah Falls Lake
- Taylors Lake
- Lake Tugalo (extends into South Carolina)
- Walter F. George Lake (extends into Alabama)
- West Point Lake (extends into Alabama)
Hawaii[]
- Āliapa'akai (Salt Lake), in the Honolulu neighborhood of Salt Lake, Hawaii[1][2]
- [3]
- Green Lake (Hawaii) (formerly Wai a Pele)[4][5] (destroyed on 2 June 2018 by an eruption)
- Hālaliʻi Lake (largest lake in Hawaii)[6]
- Halulu Lake (largest natural lake in Hawaii)[7]
- Ka Loko Reservoir[8]
- Keālia Pond[9]
- [10]
- [11]
- [12]
- [13]
- Violet Lake (also known as Kiʻowaiokihawahine)[14]
- Lake Waiau[15]
- [16]
Idaho[]
- Bear Lake (extends into Utah)
- Lake Cascade
- Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Governor’s Punch Bowl
- Grays Lake
- Henrys Lake
- Lake Lowell (part of the Deer Flat Upper Embankment reservoir)
- Lake Pend Oreille (largest lake in Idaho)
- Payette Lake
- Priest Lake
- Redfish Lake
- Stanley Lake
Illinois[]
- Whalon Lake
Indiana[]
Iowa[]
- Big Creek Lake (Iowa)
- Black Hawk Lake
- Carter Lake
- Clear Lake
- Coralville Lake
- East Okoboji Lake
- Goose Lake
- Green Valley Lake (Iowa)
- Hartwick Lake
- Lake Icaria
- Iowa Lake
- Lost Island Lake
- Lost Grove Lake
- Lake Manawa
- Lake Morris
- North Twin Lake
- Okamanpeedan Lake
- Rathbun Lake
- Lake Red Rock (largest lake in Iowa)
- Saylorville Lake
- Spirit Lake
- Swan Lake
- Lake Wapello
- West Okoboji Lake
Kansas[]
- Clinton Lake
- Fall River Lake
- Lake Inman (largest natural lake in Kansas)
- Marion County Lake
- Marion Reservoir
- Milford Lake (largest lake in Kansas)
- Perry Lake
- Pomona Lake
- Shawnee State Fishing Lake
- Tuttle Creek Lake
- Waconda Lake
- Wilson Lake
Kentucky[]
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Louisiana[]
- Anacoco Lake
- Bay Long in
- Black Lake (Louisiana) (also known as Black-Clear Lake in Natchitoches Parish)
- Black Bayou Reservoir located in Bossier Parish[17]
- near Dry Creek
- Caddo Lake (extends into Texas)
- Caillou Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- Calcasieu Lake
- Caney Creek Lake in Jackson Parish
- Carencro Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- Catahoula Lake
- Lake Cataouatche
- Lake Chicot in Evangeline Parish
- Lake Claiborne
- in Desoto Parish
- Cotile Lake
- in Caddo Parish
- Cypress Lake
- Lake De Cade in Terrebonne Parish
- Dog Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- Eagle Lake
- False River: An (oxbow lake) in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Lake Fausse Pointe
- Lake Fields in Terrebonne Parish
- Flat Lake
- Grand Lake
- Grassy Lake (Louisiana)
- Indian Creek Reservoir
- Jug Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish[18]
- Kincaid Reservoir
- King Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- Lac des Allemands
- Lake Latt
- Lost Lake
- Lake Maurepas
- Lake Mechant in Terrebonne Parish
- Mountain Bayou Lake
- Mud Lake
- Nantachie Lake
- Negro Lake
- Raccourci Old River (oxbow lake)
- Lake Pagie in Terrebonne Parish
- Lake Palourde
- Pelican Lake in Terrebonne Parish
- Lake Peigneur
- Lake Pontchartrain (largest water body within Louisiana, not a lake but a tidal estuary)
- Poverty Point Reservoir
- Lake Rodemacher in Rapides Parish
- Sabine Lake (extends into Texas)
- (with Chee Chee Bay in Winn Parish)
- Lake Salvador
- Spanish Lake in St. Martin and Iberia Parishes
- Toledo Bend Reservoir
- Vernon lake
- Lake Verret
Maine[]
Maryland[]
Most lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly through dam construction.[19]
- Conowingo Reservoir
- Deep Creek Lake (largest lake in Maryland)
- Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake)
- Liberty Reservoir
- Loch Raven Reservoir
- Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake (at 50 acres, the largest natural freshwater lake in the state.) [20] [21]
- Prettyboy Reservoir
- Youghiogheny River Lake (extends into Pennsylvania)
Massachusetts[]
- Lake Ashmere
- Lake Attitash
- Lake Boon
- Brooks Pond
- Lake Buel
- Cady Pond
- Lake Chaubunagungamaug
- Lake Cochichewick
- Lake Cochituate
- Lake Garfield
- Great Herring Pond
- Houghton's Pond
- Lewis Lake
- Mashpee Pond
- Lake Massapoag
- Lake Monomonac
- Lake Onota
- Prankers Pond
- Quabbin Reservoir (largest lake in Massachusetts)
- Lake Quannapowitt
- Lake Quinsigamond
- Lake Rico
- Lake Sabbatia
- Lake Saltonstall
- Spring Pond
- Tuxbury Pond
- Wakeby Pond
- Walden Pond
- Watson Pond
- Watuppa Ponds
- Wenham Lake
- Winnecunnet Pond
- Lake Wyola
- Greenwater pond[22]
Michigan[]
Minnesota[]
- Fadden Lake
- Fish Lake Reservoir
- Five Lake
- Jim Cook Lake
- Little Coon Lake
- Little Elbow Lake
- Longyear Lake
- Lyendecker Lake
- Mahla Lake
- Malmedal Lake
- Mandall Lake
- Molly Stark Lake
- Monker Lake
- O'Dowd Lake
- Ogishkemuncie Lake
- Pay Lake
- Peysenske Lake
- Phare Lake
- Picard Lakes
- Plum Lake
- Rat House Lake
- Rat Root Lake
- Rutz Lake
- Sager Lake
- Schendel Lake
- Schilling Lake
- Schutz Lake
- Sellards Lake
- Seven Beaver Lake
- Severance Lake
- Shamineau Lake
- Sheas Lake
- Shields Lake
- Siseebakwet Lake
- Skataas Lake
- Skogman Lake
- Sugar Bush Lake
- Talcot Lake
- Toners Lake
- Tyler Lake
- Tyson Lake
- Vanose Lake
- Waboose Lake
- Warren Lake
- Wells Lake
- White Lily Lake
- White Stone Lake
- Wita Lake
- Winkler Lake
Mississippi[]
- Arkabutla Lake
- Lake Bill Waller
- Enid Lake
- Grenada Lake (largest lake in Mississippi)
- Hickory Hills Lake
- Moon Lake
- Ross Barnett Reservoir
- Sardis Lake
- Lake Washington
Missouri[]
- Bean Lake
- Big Lake
- Blue Springs Lake
- Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Butterfly Lake
- Lake Clare
- Clearwater Lake
- Fellows Lake
- Forest Lake
- Frisco Lake
- Longview Lake
- Mark Twain Lake
- Lake Maurer
- McDaniel Lake
- Norfork Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Lake of the Ozarks
- Pomme de Terre Lake
- Riss Lake
- Smithville Lake
- Lake St. Louis
- Stockton Lake
- Table Rock Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Lake Taneycomo
- Truman Reservoir (largest lake in Missouri)
- Vandalia Lake
- Lake Viking
- Wappapello Lake
- Lake Waukomis
- Weatherby Lake
- Wing Lake
Montana[]
Nebraska[]
Nevada[]
- Angel Lake
- Deep Creek Reservoir
- Humboldt Sink
- Lake Mead (extends into Arizona)
- Pyramid Lake
- Lake Tahoe (extends into California; largest lake in Nevada)
- Walker Lake
New Hampshire[]
New Jersey[]
- Alcyon Lake
- Blue Hole
- Budd Lake
- Carasaljo Lake
- Lake Carnegie
- Deal Lake
- Estling Lake
- Green Pond
- Greenwood Lake
- Indian Lake
- Lake Grinnell
- Lake Hopatcong (largest lake in New Jersey)
- Lake Lefferts
- Makepeace Lake
- Muckshaw Ponds
- Lake Musconetcong
- White Meadow Lake
- Lake Shawnee
- Lake Tappan
- Shepherd Lake
- Spruce Run Lake
New Mexico[]
- Abiquiu Lake
- Bonito Lake
- Brantley Lake
- Caballo Lake
- Conchas Lake
- El Vado Lake
- Elephant Butte Reservoir (largest lake in New Mexico)
- Heron Lake
- Navajo Lake
- Stinking Lake
New York[]
- Cayuga Lake
- Luxton Lake
- Onondaga Lake
- Owasco Lake
- Seneca Lake (New York)
- Twin Pond
North Carolina[]
- Badin Lake
- Blewett Falls Lake
- Chatuge Lake (extends into Georgia)
- Falls Lake
- Lake Gaston (extends into Virginia)
- (formerly Quaker Lake)
- High Rock Lake
- Hyco Lake
- Lake James
- Jordan Lake
- Kerr Lake (extends into Virginia)
- Lake Lure
- Mayo Lake
- Mountain Island Lake
- Lake Norman (largest lake in North Carolina)
- Randleman Lake
- Lake Tillery
- Lake Toxaway
- Lake Wylie
North Dakota[]
- Lake Ashtabula
- Court Lake
- Devils Lake
- Harker Lake
- Lake Oahe
- Lake Sakakawea (largest lake in North Dakota)
- Lake Tschida
- Upper Harker Lake
Ohio[]
- Highlandtown Lake
Oklahoma[]
- Lake Altus-Lugert
- Lake of the Arbuckles
- Arcadia Lake
- Atoka Lake
- Bellcow Lake
- Birch Lake
- Lake Bixhoma
- Bluestem Lake
- Boomer Lake
- Broken Bow Lake
- Brushy Creek Reservoir
- Canton Lake
- Carl Albert Lake
- Carl Blackwell Lake
- Lake Carl Etling
- Claremore Lake
- Clayton Lake
- Clear Creek Lake
- Copan Lake
- Lake Dahlgren
- Lake Durant
- Lake El Reno
- Lake Ellsworth
- Lake Eucha
- Foss Reservoir
- Fort Cobb Reservoir
- Fort Supply Lake
- Fuqua Lake
- Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
- Great Salt Plains Lake
- Greenleaf Lake
- Heyburn Lake
- Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
- Hulah Lake
- Lake Jean Neustadt
- Lake Jed Johnson
- Keystone Lake
- Konawa Reservoir
- Lake Lawtonka
- Lloyd Church Lake
- McGee Creek Reservoir
- Lake Murray
- Nanih Waiyah Lake
- Oklahoma Lake
- Okmulgee Lake
- Lake Overholser
- Ozzie Cobb Lake
- Pine Creek Lake
- Raymond Gary Lake
- Rock Creek Reservoir
- Skiatook Lake
- Sooner Lake
- Lake Spavinaw
- Sportsman Lake
- Lake Stanley Draper
- Lake Thunderbird
- Tom Steed Reservoir
- Lake W. R. Holway
- Waurika Lake
- Webbers Falls Reservoir
- Wes Watkins Reservoir
- Wewoka Lake
- Lake Wister
- Lake Yahola
Oregon[]
Pennsylvania[]
Rhode Island[]
South Carolina[]
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
- Lake Bowen
- Lake Cunningham
- Lake Greenwood
- Lake Hartwell (extends into Georgia)
- Lake Jocassee
- Lake Keowee
- Lake Marion (largest lake in South Carolina)
- Lake Moultrie
- Lake Murray
- Lake Russell
- Saluda Lake
- Lake Secession
- Lake Strom Thurmond (also called Clarks Hill; extends into Georgia)
- Lake Tugalo (extends into Georgia)
- Lake Warren
- Lake Wateree
- Lake Wylie
South Dakota[]
- Mutske Lake
- Piyas Lake
- Simpson Lake
- Wigdale Lake
Former Lakes of South Dakota[]
Tennessee[]
- Lake Barkley (extends into Kentucky)
- Boone Lake
- Center Hill Lake
- Cherokee Lake
- Chickamauga Lake
- Chilhowee Lake
- Dale Hollow Reservoir
- Davy Crockett Lake
- Douglas Lake
- Fort Loudoun Lake
- Fort Patrick Henry Lake
- J. Percy Priest Lake
- Kentucky Lake (extends into Kentucky)
- Melton Hill Lake
- Nickajack Lake
- Norris Lake
- Old Hickory Lake
- Reelfoot Lake
- Tellico Lake
- Tims Ford Lake
- Watauga Lake
- Watts Bar Lake (largest lake in Tennessee)
Texas[]
Utah[]
- Bear Lake
- Blue Lake
- Lake Bonneville
- Cecret Lake
- Cliff Lake
- Crescent Lake
- Cuberant Lake
- Cuddyback Lake
- Cutthroat Lake
- Cyclone Lake
- Cys Cache
- Cyclone Lake
- Davis Lakes
- Dead Lake
- Deadman Lake
- Dean Lake
- Dog Lake (Brighton)
- Dog Lake (Mount Aire)
- Emerald Lake
- Fish Lake
- Great Salt Lake
- Jordan Lake
- Lake Powell, USBR (KTN+SS)
- Little Salt Lake
- Mirror Lake
- Navajo Lake
- Oowah Lake
- Rush Lake
- Sevier Lake
- Tony Grove Lake
- Utah Lake
Vermont[]
Virginia[]
Washington[]
- Blackmans Lake
- Fiander Lake
- Ipsoot Lake
- Kettling Lake
- Lamar Lake
- Lake Lucinda
- Lake Marcel
- Monogram Lake
- Ohop Lake
- Pitman Lake
- Setchfield Lake
- Sunwood Lake
- Waddell Lake
West Virginia[]
Wisconsin[]
Wyoming[]
- Lake Alice
- Bradley Lake
- Emma Matilda Lake
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir (extends into Utah)
- Jackson Lake
- Jenny Lake
- Leigh Lake
- Phelps Lake
- Lake Solitude
- String Lake
- Taggart Lake
- Two Ocean Lake
- Yellowstone Lake (largest lake in Wyoming)
Other areas[]
American Samoa[]
District of Columbia[]
- Kingman Lake is a tidal estuary, not a lake
Guam[]
Northern Mariana Islands[]
Puerto Rico[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Aliapaakai". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Salt Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Alieiki Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Green Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Wai a Pele". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Halalii Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Halulu Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Ka Loko Reservoir". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Kealia Pond". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Loe Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Loko Paakai". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Meyer Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Nonopapa Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Violet Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Lake Waiau". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Lake Wilson". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ Black Bayou Reservoir (Louisiana)- Retrieved 2017-11-22
- ^ John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish, Louisiana- Retrieved 2017-11-22
- ^ Maryland.gov, "Maryland at a glance." Accessed December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Oxbow Nature Preserve Visitor's Guide" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks Department. Oxbow Lake Natural Area [1], retrieved January 13, 2021
- ^ "Greenwater Pond". Massachusetts Paddler. April 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of lakes of the United States
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of lakes of the United States
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