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List of lakes of the United States

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This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state.

Contents

Connecticut

  • Bantam Lake (largest natural lake in Connecticut)
  • Barkhamsted Reservoir
  • Lake Beseck
  • Bevin Pond
  • Candlewood Lake (largest lake in Connecticut)
  • Lake Forest
  • Lake Gaillard
  • Great Hollow Lake
  • Lake Hayward
  • Lake Lillinonah
  • Mashapaug Lake
  • Pinewood Lake
  • Lake Pocotopaug
  • Lake Saltonstall
  • Saugatuck Reservoir
  • Squantz Pond
  • Lake Success
  • Lake Terramuggus
  • Twin Lakes
  • Lake Waramaug
  • Lake Whitney
  • Lake Zoar
  • Delaware

  • Hoopes Reservoir
  • Lums Pond (largest lake in Delaware)
  • Moores Lake
  • Red Mill Pond
  • Silver Lake (Dover)
  • Silver Lake (Milford)
  • Florida

  • Lake Alice
  • Lake Apopka
  • Lake Brantley
  • Lake Crescent
  • Lake George
  • Lake Harney
  • Lake Harris
  • Lake Istokpoga
  • Lake Kissimmee
  • Lake Lelia
  • Lake Okeechobee (largest lake in Florida)
  • Lake Poinsett
  • Lake Rousseau
  • Sawgrass Lake
  • Lake Seminole (extends into Georgia)
  • Lake Tarpon
  • Lake Tohopekaliga
  • Lake Washington
  • Lake Winder
  • Georgia

  • Lake Allatoona
  • Lake Arrowhead
  • Lake Blackshear
  • Blue Ridge Lake
  • Lake Burton
  • Carter's Lake
  • Chatuge Lake (extends into North Carolina)
  • Goat Rock Lake
  • Lake Harding (extends into Alabama)
  • Lake Hartwell (extends into South Carolina)
  • Lake Jackson
  • Lake Jodeco
  • Lake Lanier
  • Lake Nottely
  • Lake Oconee
  • Lake Oliver
  • Lake Piedmont
  • 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
  • Lake Tugalo (extends into South Carolina)
  • Walter F. George Lake (extends into Alabama)
  • West Point Lake (extends into Alabama)
  • Hawaii

  • Lake Halulu
  • Ka Loko Reservoir
  • Lake Waiau
  • Idaho

  • Bear Lake (extends into Utah)
  • Lake Coeur d'Alene
  • Grays Lake
  • Henrys Lake
  • Lake Pend Oreille (largest lake in Idaho)
  • Priest Lake
  • Redfish Lake
  • Stanley Lake
  • Iowa

  • Lake Ahquabi
  • Backbone Lake
  • Bay Branch Lake
  • Beeds Lake
  • Big Creek Lake
  • Big Wall Lake
  • Black Hawk Lake
  • Blue Lake
  • Browns Lake
  • Carter Lake
  • Cheever Lake
  • Clear Creek
  • Clear Lake
  • Coralville Lake
  • Dan Green Slough
  • Lake Darling
  • De Soto Lake
  • Eagle Lake
  • East Okoboji Lake
  • Elk Lake
  • Elm Lake
  • Five Island Lake
  • Fourmile Lake
  • Geode Lake
  • Goose Lake
  • Green Valley Lake
  • Hartwick Lake
  • High Lake
  • Lake Icaria
  • Inham Lake
  • Iowa Lake
  • Lizard Lake
  • Lost Island Lake
  • Lower Gar Lake
  • Lake Manawa
  • Lake Morris
  • North Twin Lake
  • Lake Odessa
  • Okamanpeedan Lake
  • Panorama Lake
  • Prairie Rose Lake
  • Quaker Mill Pond
  • Rathbun Lake
  • Lake Red Rock (largest lake in Iowa)
  • Rice Lake
  • Rock Creek Lake
  • Rush Lake
  • Saylorville Lake
  • Silver Lake
  • South Twin Lake
  • Spirit Lake
  • Stony Lake
  • Storm Lake
  • Summit Lake
  • Sunken Island Lake
  • Swan Lake
  • Lake Syracuse
  • Trumbull Lake
  • Twelvemile Lake
  • Union Grove Lake
  • Virgin Lake
  • Viking Lake
  • Lake Wapello
  • Lake Wawasee
  • 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
  • Tuttle Creek Lake
  • Waconda Lake
  • Wilson Lake
  • Louisiana

  • Anacoco lake
  • Bayou D'Arbonne Lake
  • Lake Bistineau
  • Bundick lake near Dry Creek
  • Caddo Lake (extends into Texas)
  • Calcasieu Lake
  • Catahoula Lake
  • Lake Cataouatche
  • Lake Claiborne
  • Clear Lake
  • Cocodrie Lake
  • Cross Lake
  • Cypress Lake
  • Lac des Allemands
  • False River (oxbow lake)
  • Grand Lake
  • Lake Maurepas
  • Old River (oxbow lake)
  • Lake Peigneur
  • Lake Pontchartrain (largest water body within Louisiana, but not a lake but a tidal estuary)
  • Sabine Lake (extends into Texas)
  • Saline Lake
  • Lake Salvador
  • Six Mile Lake
  • Vernon lake
  • Lake Verret
  • White Lake
  • Maryland

    The oft-repeated claim that Maryland is the only state with no natural lakes is not true.

  • Laurel Oxbow Lake (55-acre lake 2 miles north of Maryland City
  • Chews Lake (seven acre pond 2 miles south-southeast of Upper Marlboro)
  • All lakes below are man-made.

  • Conowingo Reservoir
  • Deep Creek Lake (largest lake in Maryland)
  • Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake)
  • Liberty Reservoir
  • Loch Raven Reservoir
  • Prettyboy Reservoir
  • Youghiogheny River Lake (extends into Pennsylvania)
  • Massachusetts

  • Lake Ashmere
  • Lake Attitash
  • Lake Boon
  • Brooks Pond
  • Lake Buel
  • Lake Chaubunagungamaug
  • Lake Cochichewick
  • Lake Cochituate
  • Lake Garfield
  • Great Herring Pond
  • Houghton's Pond
  • Lewis Lake
  • Mashpee Pond
  • Lake Massapoag
  • Lake Monomonac
  • Lake Onota
  • Pontoosuc Lake
  • 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
  • Mississippi

  • Arkabutla Lake
  • Enid Lake
  • Lake Ferguson
  • Gainesville Lake
  • Grenada Lake (largest lake in Mississippi)
  • Marting Lake
  • Moon Lake
  • Ross Barnett Reservoir
  • Sardis Lake
  • Lake Tom Bailey
  • Lake Washington
  • Missouri

  • Amarugia Lake
  • Atkinson Lake
  • Bean Lake
  • Big Lake
  • Bilby Ranch Lake
  • Binder Lake
  • Blind Pony Lake
  • Blue Springs Lake
  • Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
  • Bushwacker Lake
  • Cameron City Lakes
  • Che-Ru Lake
  • Clearwater Lake
  • Cooley Lake
  • Cottontail Lake
  • Fellows Lake
  • Flight Lake
  • Forest 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
  • 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
  • Rocky Fork Lake
  • Sears Community Lake
  • Shawnee Mac Lakes
  • Sims Valley Community Lake
  • Smithville Lake
  • Lake Springfield
  • 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
  • Weatherby Lake
  • Williams Creek Lake
  • Nevada

  • Angel Lake
  • Humboldt Sink
  • Lake Mead (extends into Arizona)
  • Pyramid Lake
  • Lake Tahoe (extends into California; largest lake in Nevada)
  • Walker Lake
  • New Jersey

  • 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
  • Lake Musconetcong
  • White Meadow Lake
  • 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
  • North Carolina

  • Badin Lake
  • Blewett Falls Lake
  • Lake Brandt
  • Lake Cammack
  • Chatuge Lake (extends into Georgia)
  • Falls Lake
  • Lake Gaston (extends into Virginia)
  • Graham-Mebane Lake (formerly Quaker Lake)
  • Lake Hickory
  • Lake Higgins
  • High Rock Lake
  • Hyco Lake
  • Lake James
  • Jordan Lake
  • Kerr Lake (extends into Virginia)
  • Lake Lure
  • Lake Mackintosh
  • Mayo Lake
  • Mountain Island Lake
  • Lake Norman (largest lake in North Carolina)
  • Price Lake
  • Randleman Lake
  • Reidsville Lake
  • Lake Tillery
  • Lake Townsend
  • Lake Toxaway
  • Tuckertown Lake
  • W. Kerr Scott Lake
  • White Lake
  • Lake Wylie
  • North Dakota

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

  • Arrowhead Mountain Lake
  • Ball Mountain Lake
  • Lake Bomoseen
  • Lake Carmi
  • Caspian Lake
  • Cedar Lake
  • Lake Champlain (extends into Quebec; largest lake in New England)
  • Comerford Reservoir
  • Crystal Lake
  • Lake Dunmore
  • Echo Lake
  • Lake Elmore
  • Griffith Lake
  • Lake Groton
  • Harriman Reservoir
  • Harvey's Lake
  • Lake Iroquois
  • Island Pond
  • McIndoes Reservoir
  • Lake Memphremagog (extends into Quebec)
  • Moore Reservoir
  • Lake Morey
  • North Hartland Lake
  • North Springfield Lake
  • Lake Parker
  • Lake Rescue
  • Lake Saint Catherine
  • Lake Salem
  • Lake Seymour
  • Silver Lake
  • Townshend Lake
  • Lake Wallace
  • Lake Willoughby
  • Lake Winona
  • 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)
  • District of Columbia

  • Kingman Lake is a tidal estuary, not a lake
  • References

    List of lakes of the United States Wikipedia


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