List of lakes of the United States

This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

By state

Alabama

Edgewood Lake

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Āliapa'akai (Salt Lake), in the Honolulu neighborhood of Salt Lake, Hawaii^[1]^[2]
Alieiki Lake^[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]
Loʻe Lake^[10]
Loko Paakai^[11]
Meyer Lake^[12]
Nonopapa Lake^[13]
Violet Lake (also known as Kiʻowaiokihawahine)^[14]
Lake Waiau^[15]
Lake Wilson (Oahu)^[16]

Idaho

Bear Lake (extends into Utah)
Brush Lake^[17]
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

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

Louisiana

Maine

Threemile Pond

Maryland

Most lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly through dam construction.^[20]

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.) ^[21]^[22]
Prettyboy Reservoir
Youghiogheny River Lake (extends into Pennsylvania)
Quarry Lake (one of the deepest lakes in the state of Maryland)

Massachusetts

Michigan

Mississippi

Arkabutla Lake
Lake Bill Waller
Enid Lake
Lake Ferguson
Gainesville Lake
Grenada Lake (largest lake in Mississippi)
Hickory Hills Lake
Marting Lake
Moon Lake
Ross Barnett Reservoir
Sardis Lake
Lake Tom Bailey
Lake Washington

Missouri

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
Arrowhead Lake
Blue Hole
Budd Lake
Carasaljo Lake
Lake Carnegie
Deal Lake
Estling Lake
Green Pond
Greenwood Lake
Indian Lake
Longwood Lake
Lake Grinnell
Lake Hopatcong (largest lake in New Jersey)
Lake Lefferts
Makepeace Lake
Muckshaw Ponds
Lake Musconetcong
White Meadow Lake
Lake Rogerene
Lake Shawnee
Lake Tappan
Shepherd Lake
Spruce Run Lake

New Mexico

Abiquiu Lake
Bluewater Lake
Bonito Lake
Brantley Lake
Caballo Lake
Clayton Lake
Conchas Lake
El Vado Lake
Elephant Butte Reservoir (largest lake in New Mexico)
Fenton Lake
Hackberry Lake
Heron Lake
Morphy Lake
Navajo Lake
Lake Roberts
Santa Cruz Lake
Santa Rosa Lake
Stinking Lake
Storrie Lake
Summer Lake
Ute Lake

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Lake Arthur
Alkali Lake
Lake Ashtabula
Court Lake
Lake Darling
Devils Lake
Harker Lake
Horsehead Lake
Long Lake
Lake Oahe
Rush Lake
Lake Sakakawea (largest lake in North Dakota)
Sweetwater Lake
Lake Tschida
Upper Harker Lake

Ohio

Highlandtown Lake

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Fairview Lake

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
Lake Bowen
Broadway Lake
Lake Craig
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 Oak Grove
Lake Oliphant
Lake Ollenoy
Lake Rabon
Lake Robinson
Lake Russell
Saluda Lake
Lake Secession
Lake Strom Thurmond (also called Clarks Hill; extends into Georgia)
Lake Thicketty
Lake Tugalo (extends into Georgia)
Lake Warren
Lake Wateree
Lake Welchel
Lake Wylie

South Dakota

Former Lakes of South Dakota

Simpson Lake (South Dakota)

Tennessee

Lake Barkley (extends into Kentucky)
Boone Lake
Calderwood 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
Lake Graham
J. Percy Priest Lake
Kentucky Lake (extends into Kentucky)
Larry Collins Lake
Melton Hill Lake
Nickajack Lake
Norris Lake
Ocoee Lake
Old Hickory Lake
Reelfoot Lake
Tellico Lake
Tims Ford Lake
Watauga Lake
Watts Bar Lake (largest lake in Tennessee)
Wilbur Lake (Tennessee)

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Lovill's Creek Lake

Washington

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

Hagoi^[24]
Lagona Lake^[25]

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.
↑ "Brush Lake". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
↑ 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 , 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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