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 |
|---|---|---|
| Toddy Pond (Down East & Acadia Region, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
2,408 ac | Toddy Pond is an elongated body of water tucked inside the Downeast and Acadia region of Maine. The lake is known for the spectacular mirror-like refl … |
| Guana Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
2,400 ac | Also known as Lake Ponte Vedra One of Florida’s most interesting lakes is Guana Lake. Located between Jacksonville and St Augustine in Florida’s North Region, the lake is actually l … |
| Horseshoe Lake, IL (Illinois, Southwest Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,400 ac | Horseshoe Lake is an “oxbow” lake in west-central Illinois, created more than 3,000 years ago when a section of the mighty Mississippi River was cut o … |
| Lake Saint Helen, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,400 ac | Also known as Lake St. Helen Lake Saint Helen is located in Roscommon County of northern Michigan near Interstate 75 and right next to the town of St. Helen – Charlton Heston’s ch … |
| Loch Raven Reservoir, MD (Central Maryland, Maryland, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
2,400 ac | The Loch Raven Reservoir is located just a few miles north of Baltimore. Unspoiled and surrounded by forests and hiking trails, it has long provided M … |
| Lake Lawtonka, OK (Great Plains Country, OK, Oklahoma, US Southwest Region, USA) |
2,398 ac | Lake Lawtonka is a 2,400-acre reservoir with just under 20 miles of shoreline located in Comanche County, part of Great Plains Country in southwestern … |
| Bay Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,394 ac | Also known as Sisabagama Lake Located in the Brainerd Lakes area of Minnesota’s Central Region, Bay Lake has been the summer home of generations of Mid-westerners since early in th … |
| Lake Mary, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,371 ac | Covering 2,371 acres, Lake Mary is one of the larger lakes in the Alexandria Lakes Area in Douglas County, Minnesota. Although certain areas of the la … |
| Lake Bomoseen, VT (Crossroads of Vermont, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
2,370 ac | Lake Bomoseen is the most prominent lake in Vermont’s Lake Region, located in the west-central part of the state. Stretching almost 9 miles long and o … |
| Horseshoe Lake, AR (Arkansas, Delta Region, AR, US South Region, USA) |
2,362 ac | Horseshoe Lake is a 2,362-acre lake located six miles east of the town of Hughes in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Horseshoe Lake was once part of the m … |
| Tappan Lake (Northeast Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,350 ac | Also known as Tappan Reservoir Tappan Lake is a 2,350-acre reservoir in Northeast Ohio, one of a series of lakes managed by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. The U.S. Ar … |
| Kinkaid Lake, IL (Illinois, Southern Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,350 ac | Kinkaid Lake is a scenic 2,350-acre reservoir surrounded by sandstone bluffs and rolling hills of oaks and hickories on the edge of the Shawnee Nation … |