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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manitowish Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
61 ft | Also known as Manitowish Chain of Lakes Tucked into the middle of the Manitowish Waters Chain in Vilas County Wisconsin, Manitowish Lake is one of 10 lakes: Little Star Lake, Island Lake, Re … |
| Crystal Lake, WI (Lake Michigan Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
61 ft | Crystal Lake is a very popular fishing lake in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. With 152 acres of deep, blue water and nearly three miles of shoreline, th … |
| Lake Rosalie, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
61 ft | Snowbird paradise. That describes Lake Rosalie in southern Polk County. This area in West Central Florida is the kind of place the northern transplant … |
| Rye Patch Reservoir, NV (Cowboy Country, NV, Nevada, US West Region, USA) |
61 ft | Rye Patch Reservoir is located on the Humboldt River in Pershing County, Nevada. The reservoir was completed in 1936 and provides flood control and ir … |
| Grindstone Lake, WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
61 ft | Also known as Hayward Lakes Named for the Chippewa word “gajigwanabikokag” meaning grindstone, Grindstone Lake has beautiful, clean water and some exceptionally large fish. Near … |
| Ossipee Lake, NH (Lakes Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
61 ft | Ossipee Lake covers an impressive 3,245 acres in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, making it the sixth-largest lake contained entirely within the sta … |
| Black River Lake and Cocodrie Lake (Crossroads Region, LA, Louisiana, US South Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Cocodrie Lake Complex The Cocodrie Lake Complex, consisting of Black River Lake and Cocodrie Lake, is one of those places that could only exist in the delta lands of the mi … |
| Rangeley Lakes (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Umbagog Lake, Aziscohos Lake, Mooselookmeguntic Lake,Rangeley Lake, Upper Richardson Lake, Lower Richardson Lake, Cupsuptic Lake, Aziscoos Lake (historic), Sawyer Lake (historic) Nothing represents the outdoor largesse of Maine’s Lakes and Mountains region better than the six pristine Rangeley Lakes. These natural lakes sprawl … |
| Yatesville Lake (Appalachians Region, KY, Kentucky, US South Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Yatesville Lake State Park The newest star in the Kentucky Appalachians region is Yatesville Lake. Very young as lakes go, Yatesville Lake was created in 1991 when the US Army C … |
| Sylvan Lake (Alberta, Canada, Canada) |
60 ft | Sylvan Lake is located midway between Alberta’s two largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton, and 12 miles northwest of Red Deer. This natural lake covers … |
| Independence Lakes (Idaho, South Central Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
60 ft | Independence Lakes in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest are at the end of one of south central Idaho’s most popular hiking trails in the Albion Mountai … |
| Rajsamand Lake (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
60 ft | Also known as Rajsamudra Lake One of the famed ‘Lakes of Udaipur’, Rajsamand Lake lies 40 miles north of the City of Udaipur. The Udaipur region of Rajasthan was once known as Mewa … |