Deepest lakes & reservoirs in West by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 329 articles we have published for West lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > West > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in West, only the 329 West lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Becharof Lake (Alaska, Southwest, USA, West) |
600 ft | Becharof Lake, the second* largest lake in Alaska, is located on the Alaskan Peninsula. Stretching an incredible 290,000 acres, the lake measures 35 m… |
| 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… |
| New Melones Lake (California, Gold Country, USA, West) |
565 ft | Also known as New Melones Reservoir Gently placed into the central Sierra Nevada Mountains near Sonora in Calaveras County, New Melones Lake holds the title of fourth largest reservoir b… |
| 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… |
| Kenai Lake (Alaska, Southcentral, USA, West) |
541 ft | One of the largest glacial lakes in the Kenai River System, Kenai Lake is a beautiful lake in a road-accessible area of Alaska. The backdrop of the ma… |
| Skilak Lake (Alaska, Southcentral, USA, West) |
528 ft | Tucked away in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Soldotna, Skilak Lake is a rare combination of accessibility and Alaskan Wilderness. Called a “… |
| Shasta Lake (California, Shasta Cascade, USA, West) |
517 ft | Shasta Lake, one of the largest lakes in California, is an outdoor paradise of fresh blue water, awe-inspiring caverns, investigative trails, first cl… |
| Tally Lake (Glacier Country, Montana, USA, West) |
492 ft | Also known as Talley Lake Tally Lake, in Montana’s Glacier Country region, is fast becoming a favorite among the adventurous. Located 15 miles west of the town of Whitefish, th… |
| Hungry Horse Reservoir (Glacier Country, Montana, USA, West) |
490 ft | Hungry Horse Reservoir in Montana’s Glacier Country offers a wealth of recreational opportunities to northwestern Montana visitors. The nearly 24,000-… |
| Waterton Lakes (Alberta, Canada, Glacier Country, Montana, USA, West) |
487 ft | Also known as Chief Mountain Lake, Knights Lake, Kootenay Lakes “Where the mountains meet the prairies” is the motto of Waterton Lakes National Park, the home of three Waterton Lakes that straddle the Montana-Alber… |
| Lake McDonald (Glacier Country, Montana, USA, West) |
472 ft | It’s barely daylight and his family is still sleeping in their lakeside cabin on Lake McDonald. He was so eager; he couldn’t wait. Nothing breaks the… |
| Blue Lake (Alaska, Inside Passage, USA, West) |
468 ft | Also known as Blue Lake Reservoir Blue Lake, located in the Alaska Panhandle of southeastern Alaska, is for adventure seekers. The County of Sitka is known for its vistas, mountain bac… |
