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.
Thinking about booking a lake vacation home rental, cabin or hotel?
Use our free interactive vacation rental map to search and compare multiple vacation properties at a glance. Enter a lake name, a state or city and then simply click on a listing to compare all similar properties, best rates and availability for your dates.Search results: Sort lakes by max depth (feet)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duck Lake – Muskegon County (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
60 ft | One of Michigan’s newest state parks graces the north shore of Duck Lake in Muskegon County. Lying just a few hundred feet inland from Lake Michigan i … |
| Arkabutla Lake, MS (Hills Region, MS, Mississippi, US South Region, USA) |
60 ft | Arkabutla Lake, a popular vacation destination located on the Scenic Loop 304 in Mississippi, is less than a half hour drive from Memphis. Over 2 mill … |
| Laguna Milagros (Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula Region, Mexico) |
60 ft | Also known as Lagoon of Miracles Laguna Milagros, the Lagoon of Miracles, is located on the south side of Highway 186, in the town of Huay Pix, 12 kilometers west of Chetumal, Quintan … |
| Lake Minocqua (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
60 ft | Also known as Minocqua Chain, Minocqua Lake Summer vacation to many in the Midwest means Lake Minocqua. The time-honored tradition of ‘going up North’ connotes different destinations to differen … |
| Prior Lake (Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Region, MN, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Lower Prior Lake, Upper Prior Lake Thousands of years ago, when glaciers crept through the part of North America that is now Minnesota, they left behind a series of natural features tha … |
| Mirror Lake NY (Adirondacks Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
60 ft | Mirror Lake is located in the High Peaks area of New York’s Adirondacks, just south of the more famous Lake Placid. The Village of Lake Placid surroun … |
| Twin Lakes ID (Idaho, Northern Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
60 ft | The scenery at northern Idaho’s Twin Lakes is nothing to scoff at. With lush mountains looming on either side of this 850-acre crystalline lake, bald … |
| Conneaut Lake, PA (Great Lakes Region, PA, Pennsylvania, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
60 ft | Conneaut Lake, located in northwestern Pennsylvania, is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania. Formed by receding glaciers, Conneaut Lake is what r … |
| Lake of the Pines (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
60 ft | Also known as Main Lake, Entrance Pond, Huck Finn Pond, Hazel Lake Located in the foothills of northeastern California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, Lake of the Pines is a 232-acre private lake surrounded by a gated comm … |
| Lake Hortonia (Crossroads of Vermont, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
60 ft | Also known as Hortonia Lake, Horton Pond Lake Hortonia, in the Crossroads of Vermont Region, inhabits a special place in the history of Vermont and Rutland County. Although the original pond … |
| Little Lake (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
60 ft | When Thoreau wrote about Walden Pond, he obviously didn’t know about Little Lake. For this small lake in Ontario’s Rideau Lakes area could certainly i … |
| Lake Pepin, MN/WI (Minnesota, Mississippi-Chippewa Rivers Region, WI, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
60 ft | Lake Pepin is the largest lake on the Mississippi River, formed about 9,500 years ago by the backup of water behind sediments where the Chippewa River … |