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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prettyboy Reservoir, MD (Central Maryland, Maryland, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
130 ft | Prettyboy Reservoir spreads out over 1,500 acres in northern Baltimore County, Maryland. It is named after Prettyboy Creek, which is a located in a se … |
| Curlew Lake, WA (Northeast Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
130 ft | Nestled in a valley with breathtaking views of Colville National Forest, Ferry National Forest and mountain ranges, Curlew Lake is located 4.8 miles n … |
| Belews Lake, NC (North Carolina, Piedmont Region, NC, US South Region, USA) |
130 ft | Belews Lake is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in beautiful north central North Carolina. The lake straddles Stokes, Forsyth and … |
| Dale Hollow Lake, KY/TN (Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Southern Lakes Region, KY, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
130 ft | Also known as Dale Hollow Reservoir Dale Hollow Lake, straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is an artificial lake that was formed by damming the Obey and Cumberland Rivers. As with m … |
| Northern Light Lake (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
130 ft | Sprawling and unspoiled, Northern Light Lake spreads across western Ontario’s Granite Shield like a blanket of water. The lake isn’t well-known; only … |
| Roosevelt Lake MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as Crooked Lake -historical Roosevelt Lake is the kind of place that evokes generations of memories. Located about 45 miles north of Brainerd, Roosevelt Lake is at the north end … |
| Boone Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as Boone Reservoir Boone Lake is one of a series of reservoirs lying among the hills in northeast Tennessee. Completed on March 16, 1953, Boone Lake was constructed, and … |
| Clearwater Lake ME (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as Clearwater Pond Clearwater Lake, also known as Clearwater Pond, is a natural lake tucked away in the woods of Maine’s Lakes and Mountains Region. With almost 800 acre … |
| Oliver Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as William Bacon Oliver Lake Oliver Lake is the smallest of six lakes formed by a series of locks and dams on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa in west central (Metropolitan … |
| Douglas Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
129 ft | Also known as Douglas Reservoir Douglas Lake, also known as Douglas Reservoir, stretches out over more than 28,000 acres and 500 shoreline miles in eastern Tennessee. Douglas Lake is … |
| East Grand Lake, ME (Aroostook County, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
128 ft | East Grand Lake is a part of the Maine’s Chiputneticook chain of lakes, along with North, Palfrey and Spednic Lakes. Lengthwise, it is cut nearly prec … |
| Big Trout Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
128 ft | One of the prettiest places to watch the sun rise in Central Minnesota is Big Trout Lake. This popular lake on the Whitefish Chain of Lakes is wonderf … |