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Lakes in United States

79 lake guides in United States, out of 19,155 named lakes we know there.

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Lake MichiganUnited States57,727 km²22°maxLake OntarioUnited States19,347 km²22°maxLake HuronUnited States59,399 km²19°maxLake ErieUnited States25,768 km²22°maxLake SuperiorUnited States81,844 km²12°maxGreat Salt LakeUnited States6,479 km²25°maxLake TahoeUnited States496 km²20°maxLake PontchartrainUnited States1,645 km²30°maxSalton SeaUnited States957 km²31°maxLake OkeechobeeUnited States1,419 km²30°maxLake WashingtonUnited States83.8 km²22°maxLake MeadUnited States581 km²28°maxMono LakeUnited States186 km²22°maxIliamna LakeUnited States2,635 km²12°maxCrater LakeUnited States52.8 km²17°maxLake ChaubunagungamaugUnited States4.6 km²25°maxLake WinnebagoUnited States646 km²24°maxLake PowellUnited States121 km²27°maxOneida LakeUnited States207 km²24°maxLake GeorgeUnited States113 km²24°maxYellowstone LakeUnited States340 km²16°maxFlathead LakeUnited States487 km²20°maxLake WinnipesaukeeUnited States182 km²23°maxPyramid LakeUnited States477 km²23°maxSeneca LakeUnited States174 km²24°maxLake ChelanUnited States128 km²18°maxLake SakakaweaUnited States1,127 km²22°maxCayuga LakeUnited States171 km²24°maxLake LanierUnited States134 km²29°maxLake ItascaUnited States4.0 km²23°maxJacqueline Kennedy Onassis ReservoirUnited States0.3 km²28°maxLake Pend OreilleUnited States360 km²21°maxCoeur D'Alene LakeUnited States126 km²22°maxUpper Klamath LakeUnited States277 km²22°maxLake MinnetonkaUnited States31.1 km²25°maxLake OaheUnited States1,093 km²23°maxMoosehead LakeUnited States300 km²20°maxLake of the OzarksUnited States176 km²28°maxClear LakeUnited States156 km²27°maxSabine LakeUnited States239 km²30°maxBecharof LakeUnited States1,166 km²11°maxMille Lacs LakeUnited States516 km²22°maxWalden PondUnited States0.2 km²26°maxLake TexomaUnited States263 km²28°maxLake HavasuUnited States60.8 km²30°maxBear LakeUnited States281 km²21°maxLake SammamishUnited States18.7 km²23°maxLake MendotaUnited States41.1 km²25°maxLake UnionUnited States1.8 km²23°maxLake ClarkUnited States323 km²13°maxLake MononaUnited States13.3 km²25°maxLake MerrittUnited States0.5 km²25°maxRed LakeUnited States1,142 km²22°maxGeneva LakeUnited States21.4 km²24°maxLake BerryessaUnited States66.3 km²27°maxSelawik LakeUnited States1,058 km²15°maxOnondaga LakeUnited States11.6 km²25°maxLake NormanUnited States112 km²30°maxBerkeley PitUnited States1.1 km²25°maxChautauqua LakeUnited States53.3 km²24°maxOwasco LakeUnited States26.6 km²23°maxKenai LakeUnited States56.2 km²13°maxBig Bear LakeUnited States10.4 km²22°maxBde Maka SkaUnited States1.6 km²26°maxSevier LakeUnited States487 km²Franklin D. Roosevelt LakeUnited States269 km²21°maxLeech LakeUnited States413 km²22°maxJackson LakeUnited States106 km²19°maxLake HoustonUnited States37.3 km²29°maxCanandaigua LakeUnited States42.0 km²24°maxToledo Bend ReservoirUnited States600 km²29°maxLake McDonaldUnited States27.1 km²19°maxLake ApopkaUnited States123 km²31°maxSaint Mary LakeUnited States15.0 km²16°maxLake Ray HubbardUnited States79.9 km²29°maxLake HartwellUnited States189 km²28°maxTable Rock LakeUnited States118 km²28°maxBig Stone LakeUnited States44.6 km²25°maxNaknek LakeUnited States585 km²15°max

Other well-known lakes in United States

  • Kentucky Lake574.7 km²
  • Lake Oroville45.5 km²
  • Lake Tapps7.8 km²
  • Lake Peigneur4.4 km²
  • Donner Lake3.2 km²
  • Shasta Lake102.5 km²
  • Lake Seminole83.5 km²
  • Fort Peck Lake814.1 km²
  • Walker Lake142.0 km²
  • Lake Placid7.9 km²
  • Guntersville Lake166.9 km²
  • Keuka Lake46.3 km²
  • Folsom Lake33.7 km²
  • Otsego Lake16.3 km²
  • Skaneateles Lake34.3 km²
  • Tenaya Lake0.7 km²
  • Pickwick Lake155.7 km²
  • Lake Travis51.3 km²
  • Lake Mattamuskeet158.5 km²
  • Lake Austin2.1 km²
  • Eufaula Lake355.0 km²
  • Lake Elsinore20.9 km²
  • Skilak Lake98.7 km²
  • Lake Marion223.3 km²

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