Largest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Lake MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
198 ac | Sitting on the dock dangling her feet in the water and sipping a glass of local wine has become her favorite way to end the day at the cottage on Eagl … |
| Lake Placid, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
198 ac | Lake Placid is a small reservoir on the Guadalupe River one mile southwest of Sequin, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes Region. Operated by the Guadalup … |
| Lake Louise, AB (Alberta, Canada, Canada) |
198 ac | Snuggled into Banff National Park, Lake Louise is a small lake in Alberta, Canada framed by the Rocky Mountains. The lake’s 200 acres may not seem imp … |
| Forest Lake (Great North Woods Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
196 ac | A clear summer day finds many visitors and locals enjoying the weather at Forest Lake, where a 200-foot white beach is covered with sunning families a … |
| Folly Lake, NS (Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada) |
195 ac | Deglaciation smoothed out the rough-edged mountains of central Nova Scotia and created the cool, clear pond known as Folly Lake. The glaciers left beh … |
| Lake Petersburg, IL (Central Illinois, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
191 ac | Also known as Petersburg Lake, Petersburg Reservoir Something in human nature seems to require a water body to feel complete: Lake Petersburg fills that need. The people of Petersburg on the border betw … |
| Jackson City Reservoir (Ohio, Southeast Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
190 ac | Also known as Hammertown Lake Jackson City Reservoir, commonly called Hammertown Lake, is open for business in Southeastern Ohio…and that business is fun. Hammertown is one of th … |
| Lake Hayward, CT (Connecticut, River Valley Region, CT, US New England Region, USA) |
190 ac | He unloads the station wagon carrying carefully packed boxes to his wife in the house. The kids are already next door reacquainting themselves with th … |
| Clamshell Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
189 ac | Also known as Whitefish Chain of Lakes Peals of laughter are often heard when central Minnesota’s Clamshell Lake comes into view. Walking through the trees towards its sandy shoreline revea … |
| Twistesee (Germany, Hesse Region, Germany) |
188 ac | Also known as Twiste Lake A 1965 flood in the Hesse region of Germany caused millions of dollars of damage around the Twiste, Diemel and Wesser Rivers, painfully illustrating t … |
| Lower Kaubashine Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
187 ac | Located on what is called the “Quiet Side of the Northwoods”, 187-acre Lower Kaubashine Lake is a beautiful, family oriented resort lake near Hazelhur … |
| Amston Lake (Connecticut, Mystic Country Region, CT, US New England Region, USA) |
186 ac | Amston Lake is between the towns of Hebron and Lebanon, near the border of Connecticut’s Mystic Country and River Valley tourism regions. Jurisdiction … |