Largest lakes & reservoirs in Arizona by acres
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Southwest > Arizona > - Compared by surface area in acres.Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 24 articles we have published for Arizona lakes.
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Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Powell (Arizona, Canyonlands, Color Country, North Central, Southwest, USA, Utah, West) |
160,800 ac | Lake Powell is located in one of Southern Utah’s most picturesque red-rock desert areas and in Arizona’s Navajo Indian Reservation. It is one of the U… |
| Lake Mead (Arizona, Las Vegas Territory, Nevada, Southwest, USA, West, West Coast) |
157,900 ac | Lake Mead is the USA’s largest man-made reservoir in amount of water it can hold. Although Lake Powell is marginally larger in acreage at full-pond, L… |
| Lake Mohave (Arizona, Las Vegas Territory, Nevada, Southwest, USA, West, West Coast) |
28,260 ac | Lake Mohave is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River that spans 28,260 acres. It is a part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and was cre… |
| Roosevelt Lake AZ (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
21,493 ac | Also known as Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Lake Roosevelt With 21,500 acres at full pond and 128 miles of shoreline, Roosevelt Lake is the largest body of water contained entirely within Arizona; the larger L… |
| Lake Havasu (Arizona, California, Desert, Southwest, USA, West, West Coast) |
20,400 ac | Lake Havasu’s 20,400 acres, formed behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, is a boating paradise. Around Lake Havasu City, the most recognizable sigh… |
| San Carlos Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
19,500 ac | San Carlos Lake is on the San Carlos Apache Native American Reservation in north-central Arizona. With 19,500 surface acres of water when full, San Ca… |
| Lake Pleasant (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
9,222 ac | Also known as New Lake Pleasant One of the finest water recreation areas in Arizona, Lake Pleasant is true to its name – a pleasant oasis in a desert setting. Lake Pleasant’s 9,200 s… |
| Mormon Lake (Arizona, Northern, Southwest, USA) |
7,680 ac | Mormon Lake is a natural lake and part of Arizona’s Coconino National Forest, which spreads 1,821,495 acres across Northern Arizona pines, plateaus, a… |
| Alamo Lake (Arizona, Southwest, USA, West Coast) |
3,000 ac | Alamo Lake is an outdoor person’s wonderland with great fishing, a unique Sonoran desert landscape and a plethora of desert animals. Wildlife viewing… |
| Bartlett Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
2,815 ac | Also known as Bartlett Reservoir When driving across Arizona, it is always an amazing experience to come upon a lake. With the desert landscape surrounding the water, the lake jumps o… |
| Horseshoe Reservoir (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
2,800 ac | Horseshoe Reservoir, in the Arizona Central Region, is a seldom-visited surprise. Horseshoe Lake, as it is often called, was created in 1946, when a d… |
| Apache Lake (Arizona, North Central, Southwest, USA) |
2,568 ac | Surrounded by the stark and rugged beauty of Central Arizona’s Superstition Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest, Apache Lake is the perfect destin… |
