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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagon Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
115 ft | Also known as Chicaugon Lake Chicagon Lake lies in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula only a few miles from the Wisconsin state line. The 1000-acre natural lake isn’t well-known e … |
| Wabana Lake (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
115 ft | Also known as Wabana Chain of Lakes Trilling their distinctive call, loons glide across the surface of Wabana Lake, dodging in and out of the mist rising from the exceptionally clear wat … |
| Crystal Lake, VT (Northeast Kingdom Region, VT, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
115 ft | Crystal Lake is an outstanding jewel in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. For those who are not native to Vermont, hearing that there is a Northeast Kingdo … |
| Lake Jordan, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
115 ft | Also known as Jordan Lake, Jordan Reservoir Fun is the name of the game at central Alabama’s Lake Jordan. Offering 6,800 acres of water and 188 miles of shoreline, Lake Jordan has become home to … |
| Caesar Creek Lake, OH (Ohio, Southwest Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
115 ft | Caesar Creek Lake, located in southwestern Ohio, offers vacationers 2830 acres of blue waters and over 40 miles of shoreline. Created in the 1970’s wh … |
| Rushford Lake (Chautauqua-Allegheny Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
115 ft | Cool breezes and a welcoming expanse of water greet residents and their guests at Rushford Lake. This reservoir in New York’s Chautauqua-Allegheny reg … |
| Damariscotta Lake (Maine, Mid-Coast Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
114 ft | Damariscotta Lake is a sprawling lake in Lincoln County, Maine. This freshwater lake covers 4,381 acres in surface area and is a mere 51 feet above se … |
| Pokegama Lake (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
114 ft | Also known as Lake Pokegama Pokegama Lake has been a premier vacation destination for over 100 years. Located on the southwestern side of Grand Rapids, Minnesota in Itasca County … |
| Lake Minnetonka, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Region, MN, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
113 ft | Lake Minnetonka’s 14,000 acres contain many bays and coves, resembling a collection of smaller lakes. “Minnetonka” comes from the Sioux language meani … |
| Messalonskee Lake, ME (Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
113 ft | Also known as Snow Pond, Nine Mile Pond The last lake in the Belgrade Lakes chain of lakes is 3691-acre Messalonskee Lake. Located in the Kennebec and Moose River Valleys Region, Messalonske … |
| Belgrade Lakes, ME (Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
113 ft | Also known as Long Pond, East Pond, Great Pond, Messalonskee Lake, McGrath Pond, North Pond, Salmon Lake American writer E.B. White put the Belgrade Lakes Chain on the map with his piece “Once More to the Lake”: “Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of lif … |
| Dollar Lake (Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada) |
112 ft | Beautiful Dollar Lake is one of Nova Scotia’s favorite vacation getaways. With over 500 acres of water set within a lush, wooded landscape, Dollar Lak … |