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.

For a list grouped by area, see List of largest lakes of the United States by area. For a list grouped by volume, see List of largest lakes of the United States by volume.

By state

Alabama
  • Edgewood Lake

Alaska
  • Agiak Lagoon
  • Nelson Lake

Arkansas
Main listings: List of lakes of Arkansas and List of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas

California
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of California and List of dams and reservoirs in California.

Colorado
Main listings: List of lakes of Colorado and List of dams and reservoirs in Colorado

Connecticut
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Connecticut
  • Amston Lake
  • 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 Forest
  • Lake Gaillard
  • Gardner Lake
  • Great Hollow Lake
  • Lake Hayward
  • Higganum Reservoir
  • Highland Lake
  • Hop Brook Lake
  • Killingly Pond
  • Lake Lillinonah
  • Mansfield Hollow Lake
  • Mashapaug Lake
  • Pinewood Lake
  • Lake Pocotopaug
  • Quaddick Reservoir
  • Lake Quassapaug
  • Round Pond
  • Lake Saltonstall
  • Saugatuck Reservoir
  • Shenipsit Lake
  • Squantz Pond
  • 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
  • Lake Broward
  • 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 Francis
  • 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
  • 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
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state)

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

Illinois
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Illinois and List of dams and reservoirs in Illinois.
  • Whalon Lake

Indiana
Main listings: List of lakes of Indiana and List of dams and reservoirs in Indiana

Iowa
  • Big Creek Lake (Iowa)
  • Black Hawk Lake
  • Carter Lake
  • Clear Lake
  • Coralville Lake
  • East Okoboji Lake
  • Elm Lake (Iowa)
  • Five Island Lake
  • Goose Lake
  • Green Valley Lake (Iowa)
  • Hartwick Lake
  • High Lake (Iowa)
  • Lake Icaria
  • Iowa Lake
  • Lost Island Lake
  • Lost Grove Lake
  • Lake Manawa
  • Lake Morris
  • North Twin Lake
  • Lake Odessa (Iowa)
  • Okamanpeedan Lake
  • Rathbun Lake
  • Lake Red Rock (largest lake in Iowa)
  • Rock Creek Lake
  • Rush Lake
  • Saylorville Lake
  • Silver Lake
  • Spirit Lake
  • Storm Lake
  • Swan Lake
  • Lake Syracuse (Iowa)
  • Virgin Lake (Iowa)
  • Lake Wapello
  • Lake Wawasee (Iowa)
  • 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

Louisiana
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in 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
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Massachusetts

Minnesota
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Minnesota and List of dams and reservoirs in 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
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Mississippi

Missouri
  • Amarugia Lake
  • Atkinson Lake (Missouri)
  • Bean Lake
  • Big Lake
  • Bilby Ranch Lake
  • Binder Lake
  • Blind Pony Lake
  • Blue Springs Lake
  • Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
  • Bushwacker Lake
  • Butterfly Lake
  • Cameron City Lakes
  • Che-Ru Lake
  • Lake Clare
  • Clearwater Lake
  • Cooley Lake
  • Cottontail Lake
  • Fellows Lake
  • Flight Lake
  • Forest Lake
  • Frisco Lake
  • Lake Girardeau
  • Halls Lake)
  • Henry Sever Lake
  • Hunnewell Lake
  • Indian Creek Lake
  • Kendzora Lake
  • Little Compton Lake
  • Little Dixie Lake
  • Little Prairie Community Lake
  • Longview Lake
  • Lower Taum Sauk Lake
  • Manito Lake
  • Maple Leaf Lake
  • Mark Twain Lake
  • Lake Maurer
  • McDaniel Lake
  • Miller Community Lake
  • Montrose Lake
  • Nodaway County Lake
  • Norfork Lake (extends into Arkansas)
  • Lake of the Ozarks
  • Lake Paho
  • Perry County Community Lake
  • Pomme de Terre Lake
  • Pony Express Lake
  • Ray County Community Lake
  • Riss Lake
  • Rocky Fork Lake
  • Sears Community Lake
  • Shawnee Mac Lakes
  • Sims Valley Community Lake
  • Smithville Lake
  • Lake Springfield
  • Lake St. Louis
  • Stockton Lake
  • Table Rock Lake (extends into Arkansas)
  • Lake Taneycomo
  • Thomas Hill Lake
  • Tri-City Lake
  • Truman Reservoir (largest lake in Missouri)
  • Upper Big Lake
  • Vandalia Lake
  • Lake Viking
  • Wappapello Lake
  • Lake Waukomis
  • Weatherby Lake
  • Williams Creek Lake
  • Wing Lake

Nevada

New Hampshire
Main listings: List of lakes of New Hampshire and List of dams and reservoirs in 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
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in 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
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of New York and List of dams and reservoirs in New York.

North Carolina
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in 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
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Ohio and List of dams and reservoirs in Ohio.
  • Highlandtown Lake

Oklahoma
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Oklahoma and List of dams and reservoirs in Oklahoma.
  • Altus City Reservoir
  • Lake Altus-Lugert
  • American Horse Lake
  • Lake of the Arbuckles
  • Arcadia Lake
  • Ardmore City Lake
  • Atoka Lake
  • Bellcow Lake
  • Birch Lake
  • Lake Bixhoma
  • Black Kettle Lake
  • Bluestem Lake
  • Boomer Lake
  • Broken Bow Lake
  • Brushy Creek Reservoir
  • Lake Burtschi
  • Canton Lake
  • Carl Albert Lake
  • Carl Blackwell Lake
  • Lake Carl Etling
  • Lake Carlton
  • Carter Lake
  • Cedar Lake
  • Chandler Lake
  • Lake Checotah
  • Lake Chickasha
  • Chouteau Lock and Dam
  • Claremore Lake
  • Clayton Lake
  • Clear Creek Lake
  • Cleveland City Lake
  • Clinton Lake
  • Coalgate City Lake
  • Comanche Lake
  • Copan Lake
  • Cordell Reservoir
  • Crowder Lake
  • Cushing Municipal Lake
  • Lake Dahlgren
  • Dripping Springs Lake
  • 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
  • Guthrie Lake
  • Heyburn Lake
  • Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
  • Hulah Lake
  • Lake Jean Neustadt
  • Lake Jed Johnson
  • Keystone Lake
  • Konawa Reservoir
  • Lake Lawtonka
  • Liberty Lake
  • Lloyd Church Lake
  • McGee Creek Reservoir
  • Lake McMurtry
  • Mountain Lake
  • Lake Murray
  • Nanih Waiyah Lake
  • Oklahoma Lake
  • Okmulgee Lake
  • Lake Overholser
  • Ozzie Cobb Lake
  • Pauls Valley Lake
  • Pine Creek Lake
  • Lake R.C. Longmire
  • Raymond Gary Lake
  • Rock Creek Reservoir
  • Shawnee Twin Lakes
  • Skiatook Lake
  • Sooner Lake
  • Lake Spavinaw
  • Sportsman Lake
  • Lake Stanley Draper
  • Lake Talequah
  • Lake Thunderbird
  • Tom Steed Reservoir
  • W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam
  • Lake W. R. Holway
  • Waurika Lake
  • Lake Wayne Wallace
  • Webbers Falls Reservoir
  • Wes Watkins Reservoir
  • Wewoka Lake
  • Lake Wister
  • Lake Yahola

Oregon
Main listings: List of lakes of Oregon and List of dams and reservoirs in Oregon

Pennsylvania
  • Fairview Lake

South Carolina
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of South Carolina and List of dams and reservoirs in South Carolina.

South Dakota
  • Mutske Lake
  • Piyas Lake
  • Simpson Lake
  • Wigdale Lake

Former Lakes of South Dakota
  • Simpson Lake (South Dakota)

Tennessee
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Tennessee

Utah
  • Bear Lake
  • Blind 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
  • Sand Hollow Reservoir
  • Sevier Lake
  • Tony Grove Lake
  • Utah Lake

Virginia
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Virginia and List of dams and reservoirs in Virginia.
  • Lovill's Creek Lake

Washington
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Washington and List of dams and reservoirs in 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

Wisconsin
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of Wisconsin and List of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.
  • Potato Lake
  • Two Sisters Lake

Wyoming

Other areas

District of Columbia
For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes of the Washington D.C. area and List of dams and reservoirs in the Washington D.C. area.

Guam
Main listings: List of lakes of Guam and List of dams and reservoirs in Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

See also

References
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