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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philpott Lake, VA (Blue Ridge Highlands, VA, Southern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
2,880 ac | Also known as Philpott Reservoir Snuggled into the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 2,880-acre Philpott Lake resides in southwestern Virginia’s Franklin, Henry, and Patrick Counties. The irr … |
| Lake Alan Henry, TX (Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
2,880 ac | Also known as Alan Henry Reservoir Lake Alan Henry, also known as Alan Henry Reservoir, is located in the Texas Panhandle Plains Region, about 45 miles south of Lubbock and four miles e … |
| Lake Eucha, OK (Green Country, OK, Oklahoma, US Southwest Region, USA) |
2,860 ac | Lake Eucha is a 2,860-acre reservoir with 48 miles of shoreline located in Delaware County of northeastern Oklahoma. This tourism region is called “Gr … |
| Long Lake Grand Traverse County, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,860 ac | Long Lake, near Traverse City in Grand Traverse County, is a popular vacation destination with activities and vistas that lighten the soul. Whether yo … |
| Lake Sinissippi, WI (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
2,855 ac | Also known as Sinissippi Lake Located in Dodge County just north of Hustisford in the midst of Wisconsin farmland, Sinissippi Lake is a beautiful pastoral escape. Surrounded by gen … |
| Ashley Lake (Glacier Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA) |
2,850 ac | Also known as Ashley Lake Ashley Lake is a special treat in Montana’s Glacier Country. Several miles of gravel road are required to get to the lake’s shore, so it is never over … |
| Sherman Reservoir (Nebraska, Sandhills Region, NE, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,845 ac | Also known as Sherman Lake Sherman Reservoir adds great recreation value to the Sandhills region of Nebraska in addition to precious irrigation water for thousands of farm acres … |
| Youghiogheny River Lake (Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh & Countryside Region, PA, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
2,840 ac | Also known as Yough Lake In the heart of the Laurel Highlands and spanning the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland lays Youghiogheny River Lake. The U.S. Army C … |
| Lake Kerr, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
2,830 ac | Also known as Kerr Lake Crystal clear, Lake Kerr is one of Florida’s sinkhole lakes, formed over time by the erosion of limestone. It is immediately west of the freshwater sp … |
| Wild Horse Reservoir, NV (Cowboy Country, NV, Nevada, US West Region, USA) |
2,830 ac | Also known as Wildhorse Reservoir Wild Horse Reservoir, also known as Wildhorse Reservoir, is located along the Owyhee River in the deserts of northeastern Nevada near the Idaho border … |
| Caesar Creek Lake, OH (Ohio, Southwest Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,830 ac | Caesar Creek Lake, located in southwestern Ohio, offers vacationers 2830 acres of blue waters and over 40 miles of shoreline. Created in the 1970’s wh … |
| Bartlett Lake, AZ (Arizona, North Central Arizona, US Southwest Region, 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 … |