Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Arizona by maximum depth
This is a comparison for lakes we have listed within USA > Southwest > Arizona > - Compared by Deepest Lakes in feet.Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 24 articles we have published for Arizona lakes.
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Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Mead (Arizona, Las Vegas Territory, Nevada, Southwest, USA, West, West Coast) |
589 ft | Lake Mead is the USA’s largest man-made reservoir in amount of water it can hold. Although Lake Powell is marginally larger in acreage at full-pond, L… |
| Lake Powell (Arizona, Canyonlands, Color Country, North Central, Southwest, USA, Utah, West) |
560 ft | Lake Powell is located in one of Southern Utah’s most picturesque red-rock desert areas and in Arizona’s Navajo Indian Reservation. It is one of the U… |
| Roosevelt Lake AZ (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
349 ft | Also known as Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Lake Roosevelt With 21,500 acres at full pond and 128 miles of shoreline, Roosevelt Lake is the largest body of water contained entirely within Arizona; the larger L… |
| Alamo Lake (Arizona, Southwest, USA, West Coast) |
283 ft | Alamo Lake is an outdoor person’s wonderland with great fishing, a unique Sonoran desert landscape and a plethora of desert animals. Wildlife viewing… |
| Apache Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
240 ft | Surrounded by the stark and rugged beauty of Central Arizona’s Superstition Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest, Apache Lake is the perfect destin… |
| Bartlett Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
174 ft | Also known as Bartlett Reservoir When driving across Arizona, it is always an amazing experience to come upon a lake. With the desert landscape surrounding the water, the lake jumps o… |
| Horseshoe Reservoir (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
142 ft | Horseshoe Reservoir, in the Arizona Central Region, is a seldom-visited surprise. Horseshoe Lake, as it is often called, was created in 1946, when a d… |
| Canyon Lake AZ (Arizona, Phoenix & Central, Southwest, USA) |
131 ft | Within the wild and rugged Arizona Superstition Wilderness lies the awe-inspiring beauty of Canyon Lake. The lake and wilderness are part of the vast… |
| Lake Pleasant (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
126 ft | Also known as New Lake Pleasant One of the finest water recreation areas in Arizona, Lake Pleasant is true to its name – a pleasant oasis in a desert setting. Lake Pleasant’s 9,200 s… |
| Lake Mohave (Arizona, Las Vegas Territory, Nevada, Southwest, USA, West, West Coast) |
120 ft | Lake Mohave is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River that spans 28,260 acres. It is a part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and was cre… |
| Saguaro Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
116 ft | Also known as Saguaro Reservoir Saguaro Lake is located in the Tonto National Forest within Maricopa County, about 40 miles east of Phoenix. It is a true desert oasis for Valley resi… |
| Watson Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
75 ft | Also known as Watson Reservoir Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs (Willow Creek Lake being the other) located within the Granite Dells just outside of Prescott in North Central Ar… |
