Deepest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake CA (California, Los Angeles County, CA, US West Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Sycamore Lake Found in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California, Crystal Lake is a lake in transition. Since the 1860s there are records of fires, floods an … |
| Lake Camanche, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Camanche Reservoir Lake Camanche is situated on the border of Calaveras and Amador Counties in California’s Gold Country tourism region. These two counties played influe … |
| Leech Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
150 ft | With over 120,000 acres of water and 316 miles of shoreline, Leech Lake is the third largest lake located entirely in Minnesota, the “Land of 10,000 L … |
| Tims Ford Lake, TN (Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Tims Ford Reservoir Nestled in south central Tennessee between Tullahoma and Winchester, the clear, deep water of the Elk River meets the wooded sloped shores of Tims For … |
| Cherokee Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
150 ft | Also known as Cherokee Reservoir Cherokee Lake: Artists stop at Clinch Mountain Overlook to paint it, and photographers to photograph it, and every year millions of people come from a … |
| Rangeley Lake, ME (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
149 ft | Rangeley Lake is part of the Rangeley Lakes Region of Western Maine. The lake covers about 6,000 acres at an elevation of 1,518 feet. Its maximum dept … |
| Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua (Boaco Region, Nicaragua, Chontales Region, Nicaragua, Granada Region, Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Rio San Juan Region, Nicaragua, Rivas Region, Nicaragua) |
148 ft | Also known as Lake Cocibolca, Lake Granada, Lago Cocibolca, Lago Granada Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America, is so large that it has many sea or ocean characteristics. Lago Cocibolca, the native name for th … |
| Otter Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
147 ft | Also known as Big Otter Lake Otter Lake is a sparkling 1,252-acre lake located near Parry Sound, Ontario, in the Georgian Bay region known as The 30,000 Islands. The Georgian Bay … |
| Lake Rotorua, New Zealand (New Zealand, North Island, NZ, Rotorua Region, North Island, NZ) |
147 ft | What greeting will you hear when you come to Lake Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island? Kia ora!! Kia ora means ‘Be healthy’ or ‘well’ in the Maori l … |
| Deer Creek Reservoir, UT (Mountainland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
147 ft | Deer Creek Reservoir is located near Heber, Utah, the home of the historic “Heber Creeper,” a train with a steam engine that takes tourists on trips f … |
| East Branch Clarion River Lake, PA (Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Wilds Region, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
147 ft | Also known as East Branch Lake, East Branch Reservoir East Branch Clarion River Lake, also known as East Branch Lake, is aptly named: it was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1952 by … |
| Blue Ridge Lake, GA (Georgia, Historic High Country Region, GA, US South Region, USA) |
146 ft | Also known as Lake Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Reservoir Located some 90 miles north of Atlanta and near Blue Ridge, Georgia, Blue Ridge Lake has all the desirable qualities for lovers of outdoor excitement … |