Largest lakes & reservoirs in Utah 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 23 articles we have published for Utah lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Utah > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Utah, only the 23 Utah lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
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Surface area in acres ![]() |
Lake description |
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Panguitch Lake, UT (Color Country, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
1,248 ac | Located in the Dixie National Forest of southwestern Utah, visitors of this beautiful state won’t want to miss Panguitch Lake, along the Brian Head-Pa … |
DMAD Reservoir, UT (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
1,199 ac | Also known as Delta Reservoir For an oasis in the middle of the Sevier Desert near Delta, head to DMAD Reservoir (also known as Delta Reservoir), an impoundment of the lower reache … |
Joe’s Valley Reservoir, UT (Castle Country, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
1,183 ac | Joe’s Valley Reservoir is a 1,200-acre lake tucked away in the Manti-La Sal National Forest (Emery County). At an elevation of 7,000 feet, the lake is … |
Minersville Reservoir, UT (Color Country, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
990 ac | Also known as Rocky Ford Reservoir Beaver County, in southwestern Utah, has a landscape characterized by breathtaking canyons, meandering rivers that flow through granite mountains, thi … |
Navajo Lake UT (Color Country, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
714 ac | A piece of Mother Nature’s finest work describes the beauty of the area surrounding Navajo Lake in the Dixie National Forest in the southwest corner o … |
Gunnison Bend Reservoir, UT (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
706 ac | Gunnison Bend Reservoir gets its name from the nearby town of Gunnison (it lies to the East of the lake), and from the big bend in the middle. It shou … |
Johnson Valley Reservoir, UT (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
704 ac | Johnson Valley Reservoir is a 700-acre lake just three miles northeast of Fish Lake in the heart of Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. The reservoir was … |
East Canyon Reservoir, UT (Mountainland Region, UT, Ogden & Northwest Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
684 ac | Visitors to the Salt Lake City area will want to spend some time at East Canyon Reservoir. This 680-acre reservoir is located about 30 miles northeast … |
Electric Lake (Castle Country, UT, Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
425 ac | Also known as Electric Reservoir Electric Lake lies like a high-altitude jewel amid one of Utah’s most spectacular recreational playgrounds. Bordering both the Panoramaland and Castle … |
Fairview Lakes (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
105 ac | Also known as Fairview Lake #1, Fairview Lake #2 Surrounded by the unspoiled wilderness of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, Fairview Lakes provides a pleasant opportunity for lakefront living in Uta … |
Kents Lakes (Panoramaland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
48 ac | Also known as Kents Lake, Upper Kents Lake, Lower Kents Lake Three popular little lakes in Utah’s Panoramaland Region are the three Kents Lakes: Upper Kents Lake, Lower Kents Lake, and Kents Lake. These small re … |