Largest lakes & reservoirs in Texas by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 68 articles we have published for Texas lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > Texas > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Texas, only the 68 Texas lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo Lake, LA/TX (Louisiana, Piney Woods Region, TX, Sportsman's Paradise Region, LA, Texas, US South Region, US Southwest Region, USA) |
26,810 ac | Caddo Lake covers an impressive 26,800 acres and straddles the border of Texas and Louisiana. The lake is a maze of interconnected waterways, heavily … |
| Choke Canyon Lake, TX (South Texas Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
25,670 ac | Also known as Choke Canyon Reservoir Located 65 miles south of San Antonio, Choke Canyon Lake was impounded in 1982 to supply drinking water to Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast of Texas. … |
| Lake Palestine, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
25,560 ac | Just 10 miles from Tyler, Texas (the Rose Capital of World) is Lake Palestine, a water playground dedicated to recreation, water conservation, and wil … |
| Lake Whitney (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
23,500 ac | Also known as Whitney Lake, Whitney Reservoir A welcoming oasis of water in the often dry Texas Prairies and Lakes Region, Lake Whitney draws visitors from some of the largest cities in Texas. Abo … |
| Lake Buchanan, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
22,335 ac | Also known as "Big Buc" Lake Buchanan, the oldest and northernmost of the Highland Lakes, is known as “Big Buc” to the locals and anglers who regularly visit the area. It is … |
| Lake Ray Hubbard, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
21,671 ac | Also known as Ray Hubbard Lake, previously known as Forney Reservoir Everything is bigger in Texas, and Lake Ray Hubbard is no exception. Less than twenty minutes east of Dallas, the reservoir that serves “Big D” offers … |
| Lavon Lake (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
21,400 ac | Also known as Lake Lavon, Lavon Reservoir Lavon Lake holds a special spot in the affections of residents northeast of Dallas. The reservoir, located on the East Fork of the Trinity River in th … |
| Lake Conroe, TX (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
20,985 ac | Houstonians often enjoy weekend getaways at Lake Conroe, a beautiful manmade lake in the Piney Woods region of eastern Texas. Lake Conroe is home to n … |
| O. H. Ivie Lake (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
19,149 ac | Also known as Lake Ivie, Stacy Reservoir On a hot summer day in the northern Hill Country region of Texas, Lake Ivie is an ideal place to be. Officially named O.H.Ivie Reservoir, the waters a … |
| Lake O’ the Pines (Piney Woods Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
18,680 ac | Also known as Ferrell's Bridge Reservoir-historic For many people in the Texas Piney Woods region, ‘let’s go to the lake!’ means Lake O’ The Pines. This extraordinary reservoir was built primarily for … |
| Lake Travis, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
18,622 ac | Lake Travis is a beautiful 18,930 acre reservoir in the Hill Country of central Texas, about 12 miles northwest of Austin. It is over 63 miles long wi … |
| Lake Corpus Christi, TX (Gulf Coast Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
18,256 ac | Lake Corpus Christi in Texas’s Gulf Coast region is just miles away from the coastline and the big coastal city of Corpus Christi. It is an impoundmen … |