List of lakes in the United States

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This is a list of lakes in the United States, grouped by state.

Contents:

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming  Washington, D.C.   See also

[edit] Lakes by state

[edit] Alabama

Main article: List of lakes in Alabama

• Bankhead Lake
• Bear Creek Reservoir
• Creek Lake
• Lake Eufala (Also extends into Georgia).
• Gantt Lake
• Lake Guntersville - The largest lake in Alabama.
• Lake Harding (Also extends into Georgia).
• Holt Lake
• Inland Lake
• Lake Jackson (Also extends into Florida).
• Jordan Lake
• Lay Lake
• Little Bear Creek Reservoir
• Logan Martin Lake
• Lake Lurleen
• Martin Lake (Alabama)
• Neely Henry Lake
• Lake Pickwick (Also extends into Mississippi).
• Lake Purdy
• Ski Lake
• Smith Lake
• Lake Tholocco
• Lake Tuscaloosa
• Upper Bear Creek Reservoir
• Lake Wedowee
• Weiss Lake
• West Point Lake (Also extends into Georgia).
• W. F. Lake
• Wheeler Lake
• Wilson Lake
• William Bill Danelly Reservoir

[edit] Alaska

• Becharof Lake
• Lake Clark
• Iliamna Lake
• Lower Ugashik Lake
• Mother Goose Lake
• Naknek Lake
• Teshekpuk Lake
• Upper Ugashik Lake

[edit] Arizona

Main article: List of lakes in Arizona

• Lake Mead (Also extends into Nevada).
• Lake Powell (Also extends into Utah).
• San Carlos Lake
• Theodore Roosevelt Lake

[edit] Arkansas

Main article: List of lakes in Arkansas

• Beaver Lake
• Bull Shoals Lake (Also extends into Missouri).
• DeGray Lake
• Greers Ferry Lake
• Millwood Lake
• Nimrod Lake
• Norfork Lake (Also extends into Missouri).
• Lake Ouachita
• Lake Greeson

[edit] California

Main article: List of lakes in California

• Lake Almanor
• Lake Berryessa
• Big Bear Lake
• Clear Lake
• Don Pedro
• Donner Lake
• Eagle Lake
• Goose Lake (Also extends into Oregon).
• Lower Klamath Lake
• Lake Merritt
• Mono Lake
• New Melones Lake
• Lake Oroville
• Lake Pillsbury
• Salton Sea
• Shasta Lake
• Lake Tahoe (Also extends into Nevada).
• Tenaya Lake
• Trinity Lake
• Tule Lake
• Whiskeytown Lake

[edit] Colorado

• Harker Park Lake
• Lake Granby
• Terry Lake
• Turquoise Lake

[edit] Connecticut

• Bantam Lake (Largest natural lake in Connecticut)
• Barkhamsted Reservoir
• Lake Beseck
• Bevin Pond
• Candlewood Lake (Largest lake in Connecticut)
• Cedar Lake
• Lake Gaillard
• Lake Pocotopaug
• Lake Terramuggus
• Lake Zoar
• Saugatuck Reservoir
• Squantz Pond

[edit] Delaware

• Griffiths Lake
• Haven Lake
• Lums Pond
• Noxontown Lake
• Garrisons Lake
• Moores Lake
• Shearness Pool
• Silver Lake

[edit] Florida

• Crescent Lake
• Lake Apopka
• Lake George
• Lake Harney
• Lake Harris
• Lake Istokpoga
• Lake Kissimmee
• Lake Okeechobee
• Lake Poinsett
• Lake Rousseau
• Lake Seminole (Also extends into Georgia).
• Lake Tarpon
• Lake Tohopekaliga
• Lake Washington
• Lake Winder
• Sawgrass Lake

[edit] Georgia

See also: Category:Lakes of Georgia (U.S. state)

• Lake Allatoona
• Blue Ridge Lake
• Lake Burton
• Carter's Lake
• Chatuge Lake (Also extends into North Carolina).
• Walter F. George Lake (Also extends into Alabama).
• Goat Rock Lake
• Lake Harding (Also extends into Alabama).
• Lake Hartwell (Also extends into South Carolina).
• Lake Lanier (named for Sidney Lanier)
• Nottely Lake
• Lake Oliver
• Lake Rabun
• Lake Seminole (Also extends into Florida).
• Lake Sinclair
• Lake Tallulah Falls
• Lake Strom Thurmond (Also extends into South Carolina).
• Lake Tugalo (Also extends into South Carolina).
• West Point Lake (Also extends into Alabama).

[edit] Hawaii

• Ka Loko Reservoir
• Lake Halulu

[edit] Idaho

• Alturas Lake
• Baron Lake
• Bear Lake (Also extends into Utah).
• Lake Coeur d'Alene
• Grays Lake
• Hauser Lake
• Henrys Lake
• Imogene Lake
• Jimmy Smith Lake
• Payette Lake
• Lake Pend Oreille
• Petite Lake
• Priest Lake
• Redfish Lake
• Sawtooth Lake
• Ship Island Lake
• Spangle Lake
• Stanley Lake
• Toxaway Lake
• Williams Lake
• Yellow Belly Lake

[edit] Illinois

Main article: List of lakes in Illinois

• Apple Canyon Lake
• Lake Calumet
• Carlyle Lake
• Cedar Lake
• Clinton Lake
• Devils Kitchen Lake
• Horseshoe Lake
• Kinkaid Lake
• Lake Egypt
• Lake Michigan (also borders on Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin)
• Rend Lake

[edit] Indiana

• Lake Greenwood (Indiana)
• Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin)
• Monroe Reservoir
• Patoka Lake
• Eagle Creek Reservoir
• Lake George (also borders on Michigan)
• Big Long Lake, LaGrange County

[edit] Iowa

• Clear Lake
• East Okoboji Lake
• Spirit Lake
• Storm Lake
• West Okoboji Lake
• Lake Rathbun (man-made)
• Saylorville lake
• Spring Lake
• Lake Red Rock
• Black Hawk Lake
• Mississippi River (eastern border)
• Missouri River (western border)
• Des Moines River
• Raccoon River
• Big Sioux River
• Swan Lake
• Greenfield Lake
• Pound Pits
• Don Williams
• Little Spirit
• Diamond Lake
• Silver Lake
• Marble Lake

[edit] Kansas

• Clinton Lake
• Fall River Lake
• Marion Lake
• Milford Lake
• Perry Lake
• Tuttle Creek Lake
• Waconda Lake
• Wilson Lake

[edit] Kentucky

Main article: List of lakes in Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

• Bayou D'Arbonne Lake
• Lake Bistineau
• Caddo Lake (Also extends into Texas).
• Calcasieu Lake
• Catahoula Lake
• Lake Claiborne
• Clear Lake
• Cocodrie Lake
• Cross Lake
• Cypress Lake
• Lac des Allemands
• Grand Lake
• False River
• Lake Maurepas
• Old River (Louisiana)
• Lake Peigneur
• Lake Pontchartrain
• Sabine Lake (Also extends into Texas).
• Saline Lake
• Lake Salvador
• Six Mile Lake
• Lake Verret
• White Lake

[edit] Maine

• Brandy Pond
• Chiputneticook Lakes
• East Grand Lake
• Flagstaff Lake (Maine)
• Great East Lake
• Great Pond
• Jordan Pond
• Keoka Lake
• Mooselookmeguntic Lake
• Rangeley Lake
• Sebago Lake
• South Twin Lake, Maine
• China Lake
• Moosehead Lake

[edit] Maryland

• Deep Creek Lake
• Conowingo Reservoir
• Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake)
• Liberty Reservoir
• Loch Raven Reservoir
• Prettyboy Reservoir
• Youghiogheny River Lake (Also extends into Pennsylvania).

[edit] Massachusetts

• Quabbin Reservoir
• Lake Quannapowitt
• Lake Quinsigamond
• Lake Rico
• Lake Sabbatia

[edit] Michigan

• Great Lakes and other non-inland lakes
  • Lake Erie (also borders on Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario)
  • Lake Huron (also borders on Ontario)
  • Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)
  • Lake St. Clair (also borders on Ontario)
  • Lake Superior (also borders on Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario)

• Inland lakes
  • Big Lake
  • Black Lake (10,130 acres.)
  • Burgess Lake
  • Burt Lake (17,120 acres.)
  • Cass Lake
  • Lake Charlevoix (17,260 acres.)
  • Clark Lake
  • Lake of the Clouds
  • Lake Crappo
  • Crystal Lake (9,711 acres.)
  • Deer Island Lake
  • Duck Lake
  • Elk Lake (7,730 acres.)
  • Fletcher Pond (8,970 acres. Man-made lake.)
  • Glen Lake (6,265 acres.)
  • Lake Gogebic (13,380 acres.)
  • Grand Lake (5,660 acres.)
  • Green Lake
  • Gull Lake
  • Guthree Lake
  • Heart Lake
  • Higgins Lake (9,600 acres.)
  • Houghton Lake (20,044 acres. Largest inland lake in Michigan.)
  • Horsehead lake
  • Hubbard Lake (8,850 acres.)
  • Indian Lake (8,000 acres.)
  • Lake Leelanau (8,320 acres.)
  • Long Lake (5,652 acres.)
  • Loon Lake
  • Lake Macatawa
  • Manistique Lake (10,130 acres.)
  • Lake Margrethe
  • Michigamme Resevoir (7,200 acres. Man-made lake.)
  • Mona Lake
  • Mullett Lake (16,630 acres.)
  • Muskegon Lake
  • Orchard Lake
  • Otter Lake
  • Portage Lake (9,640 acres.)
  • Silver Lake
  • Lake Skegemog
  • Spring Lake
  • Starvation Lake
  • Thumb Lake
  • Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan) (18,770 acres. At 315 feet deep, deepest inland lake in Michigan.)
  • Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
  • Lac Vieux Desert
  • Walloon Lake
  • White Lake

[edit] Minnesota

Main article: List of lakes in Minnesota

• Cass Lake
• Cotton Lake
• Lake Bemidji
• Big Stone Lake (Also extends into South Dakota)
• Lake Como
• Lake George Anoka County, MN
• Lake Hubert
• Lake Itasca Headwaters of the Mississippi River
• Lake Kabetogama
• Lake Minnetonka
• Lake Saganaga (Deepest natural lake in state at 240 feet)
• Lake Traverse (Also extends into South Dakota)
• Lake Winnibigoshish
• Leech Lake
• Mille Lacs Lake
• Mud Lake - Several lakes in this state share this name.
• North Long Lake
• Otter Tail Lake
• Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake - Deepest lake in the state.
• Rainy Lake - An international lake crossing into Ontario
• Red Lake - Minnesota's largest self-contained lake.
• Saunders Lake
• Scott Lake

[edit] Mississippi

• Aliceville Lake
• Arkabutla Lake
• Enid Lake
• Gainsville Lake
• Grenada Lake
• Lake Tom Bailey
• Marting Lake
• Ross Barnett Lake
• Sardis Lake

[edit] Missouri

• Bull Shoals Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
• Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir
• Lake of the Ozarks
• Mark Twain Lake
• Norfolk Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
• Pomme de Terre Lake
• Smithville Lake
• Stockton Lake
• Table Rock Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
• Lake Taneycomo
• Weatherby Lake, Missouri

[edit] Montana

• Lake Bowdoin
• Bowman Lake
• Canyon Ferry Lake
• Cosley Lake
• Lake Elwell
• Flathead Lake
• Hauser Lake
• Hebgen Lake
• Kintla Lake
• Logging Lake
• Lake McDonald
• Medicine Lake
• Painted Rocks Lake
• Peck Lake
• Saint Mary Lake
• Seeley Lake
• Lake Sherburne
• Two Medicine Lake
• Waterton Lake (Also extends into Alberta, Canada).

[edit] Nebraska

Main article: List of lakes in Nebraska

• Lake Babcock
• Harlan County Lake
• Lewis and Clark Lake (Also extends into South Dakota).
• Lake McConaughy
• Minatare Lake
• Beaver Lake

[edit] Nevada

• Humboldt Sink
• Lake Mead (Also extends into Arizona).
• Pyramid Lake
• Lake Tahoe (Also extends into California).
• Walker Lake

[edit] New Hampshire

Main article: List of lakes in New Hampshire

• Lake Winnipesaukee
• Squam Lake
• Umbagog Lake
• Winnisquam Lake
• Newfound Lake
• Lake Sunapee
• Lake Ossipee

[edit] New Jersey

• Blue Hole (New Jersey)
• Lake Arrowhead (New Jersey)
• Lake Carasaljo
• Lake Carnegie (New Jersey)
• Deal Lake
• Estling Lake
• Greenwood Lake
• Lake Hopatcong
• Indian Lake (New Jersey)
• Lake Musconetcong
• Lake Tappan
• Green Pond

[edit] New Mexico

• Bluewater Lake
• Bonito Lake
• Brantley Lake
• Caballo Lake
• Clayton Lake
• Cochiti Lake
• Conchas Lake
• El Vado Lake
• Elephant Butte Lake
• Fenton Lake
• Hackberry Lake
• Heron Lake
• Morphy Lake
• Navajo Lake
• Santa Cruz Lake
• Santa Rosa Lake
• Storrie Lake
• Summer Lake
• Ute Lake

[edit] New York

Main article: List of lakes in New York

See also: List of reservoirs and dams in New York

[edit] North Carolina

• Chatuge Lake (Also extends into Georgia).
• Lake Gaston (Also extends into Virginia).
• High Rock Lake
• Badin Lake
• Lake Norman

[edit] North Dakota

• Alkali Lake
• Lake Arthur
• Lake Ashtabula
• Lake Darling
• Devil's Lake
• Harker Lake
• Horsehead Lake
• Long Lake
• Rush Lake
• Lake Sakakawea
• Stump Lake
• Sweetwater Lake
• Lake Tschida
• Upper Harker Lake

[edit] Ohio

Main article: List of lakes in Ohio

• Acton Lake
• Brady Lake
• Buckeye Lake
• Caesars Creek Lake
• Clarence J. Brown Reservoir
• Cowan Lake
• Indian Lake
• Lake Pippen
• Lake Erie
• Mirror Lake
• Senecaville Lake
• William Harsha Lake

[edit] Oklahoma

Main article: List of lakes in Oklahoma

• Altus Lake
• Arbuckle Lake
• Arcadia Lake
• Birch Lake
• Broken Bow Lake
• Canton Lake
• Copan Lake
• Eufaula Lake
• Fort Gibson Lake
• Fort Supply Lake
• Fort Cobb Lake
• Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
• Heyburn Lake
• Hulah Lake
• Kaw Lake
• Keystone Lake
• Lake Murray
• Lake Texoma
• Lake Thunderbird
• Oologah Lake
• Optima Lake
• Pine Creek Lake
• Sardis Lake
• Skiatook Lake
• Tenkiller Ferry Lake
• Tom Steed Lake
• Waurika Lake
• Wister Lake

[edit] Oregon

Main article: List of lakes in Oregon

• Crater Lake
• Detroit Lake
• Goose Lake (Oregon-California) (Also extends into California).
• Maidu Lake
• Upper Klamath Lake

[edit] Pennsylvania

Main article: List of lakes in Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

• Lake Greenwood
• Lake Hartwell (Extends into Georgia).
• Lake Jocassee
• Lake Keowee
• Lake Marion
• Lake Moultrie
• Lake Murray
• Lake Russell (Extends into Georgia).
• Lake Thurmond (also called Clarks Hill) (Extends into Georgia).
• Lake Tugalo (Extends into Georgia).
• Lake Wateree
• Lake Wylie

[edit] South Dakota

Main article: List of lakes in South Dakota

• Big Stone Lake (also extends into Minnesota).
• Lewis and Clark Lake (Also extends into Nebraska).
• Lake Traverse (also extends into Minnesota)
• Sylvan Lake
• Lake Oahe (also extends into North Dakota)

[edit] Tennessee

• Lake Barkley (Also extends into Kentucky).
• Boone Lake
• Center Hill Lake
• Cherokee Lake
• Lake Chickamauga
• Douglas Lake
• Dale Hollow Lake.
• Fort Loudoun Lake
• J. Percy Priest Lake
• Kentucky Lake (Also extends into Kentucky).
• Melton Hill Lake
• Nickajack Lake
• Norris Lake
• Reelfoot Lake
• Tims Ford Lake
• Watts Bar Lake

[edit] Texas

Main article: List of lakes in Texas

[edit] Utah

• Bear Lake (Also extends into Idaho).
• Fish Lake
• Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Also extends into Wyoming).
• Great Salt Lake
• Lake Powell (Also extends into Arizona).
• Oowah Lake
• Panguitch Lake
• Utah Lake
• Sevier Lake

[edit] Vermont

• Ball Mountain Lake
• Lake Bomoseen
• Lake Carmi
• Caspian Lake
• Crystal Lake
• Lake Champlain
• North Hartland Lake
• Harvey's Lake
• Lake Iroquois
• Lake Memphremagog
• North Springfield Lake
• Lake St. Catherine
• Silver Lake
• Townshend Lake
• Lake Willoughby

[edit] Virginia

Main article: List of lakes in Virginia

[edit] Washington

Main article: List of lakes in Washington

• Banks Lake
• Bear Lake, WA
• Lake Chelan
• Lake Crescent
• Loon Lake
• Mill Creek Lake
• Lake Ozette
• Potholes Reservoir
• Roosevelt Lake
• Ross Lake
• Lake Sammamish
• Soap Lake
• Spirit Lake
• Lake Quinault
• Lake Washington
• Lake Whatcom

[edit] Washington, D.C.

[edit] West Virginia

Main article: List of lakes in West Virginia

• Beech Fork Lake
• Bluestone Lake
• Burnsville Lake
• Cheat Lake
• East Lynn Lake
• Elk Fork Lake
• Hawks Nest Lake
• Jennings Randolph Lake
• North Bend Lake
• Moncove Lake
• Mount Storm Lake
• O'Brien Lake
• Plum Orchard Lake
• R.D. Bailey Lake
• Lake Sherwood
• Sleepy Creek Lake
• Stephens Lake
• Stonecoal Lake
• Stonewall Jackson Lake
• Stony River Reservoir
• Summersville Lake
• Sutton Lake
• Trout Pond
• Tygart Lake
• Upper Mud Lake
• Woodrum Lake

[edit] Wisconsin

• Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan)
• Lake Winnebago
• Lake Mendota
• Lake Monona
• Lake Wissota
• Crystal Lake (Home of Crystal Lake Boy Scout Reservation)

[edit] Wyoming

• Bradley Lake
• Emma Matilda Lake
• Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Also extends into Utah).
• Jackson Lake
• Jenny Lake
• Lake Alice
• Lake Solitude
• Leigh Lake
• Phelps Lake
• String Lake
• Taggart Lake
• Two Ocean Lake
• Yellowstone Lake

[edit] See also

• List of lakes
• List of reservoirs and dams in the United States

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