Largest lakes & reservoirs in Washington by shoreline length
The length of the exterior shoreline around a lake is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. The shoreline length can be considerably shorter or longer when lake water levels are lower or higher than normal. A lake with many coves has a much longer shoreline than a lake of similar surface area that is nearly circular in shape.When known, the shoreline miles that we report in our statistics include only the lake’s exterior shoreline, and exclude the shorelines of islands located within a lake’s boundaries. In lakes with many islands, those islands’ combined shorelines may exceed a lake’s exterior shoreline.
You can find many of the world’s longest-shoreline lakes on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, "Longest Shorelines" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 58 articles we have published for Washington lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Washington > Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in Washington, only the 58 Washington lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Roosevelt, WA (Northeast Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
630 mi | Also known as Lake Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake Roosevelt, located approximately 90 miles northwest of Spokane, Washington, covers 82,000 acres with a shoreline of 630 miles. Lake Roosevelt, al… |
| Lake Wallula, OR/WA (Eastern Oregon, Oregon, South Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
242 mi | Lake Wallula, a 64 mile long reservoir, is a wide open glassy lake that extends from northeastern Oregon to southeastern Washington. Lake Wallula rece… |
| Banks Lake, WA (North Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
135 mi | Banks Lake is a 27 mile equalizing reservoir and part of the Columbia Basin Project, a major water resource project to provide irrigation water to fer… |
| Lake Chelan, WA (North Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
110 mi | From the Salish Indian word for “deep notch”, Lake Chelan is the third deepest lake in the United States with a maximum depth of almost 1500 feet. Lak… |
| Lake Entiat, WA (North Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
93 mi | Also known as Rocky Reach Reservoir No trip to the north central part of Washington would be complete without a visit to Lake Entiat and the Rocky Reach Dam. Lake Entiat is a 9,100 acre… |
| Lake Sacajawea, WA (South Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
83 mi | Named after the Shoshone woman, Sacajawea, who was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Lake Sacajawea is located in south-central Washington.… |
| Moses Lake, WA (North Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
62 mi | Located where Washington State’s Pacific coast transforms into the arid desert of the eastern half, Moses Lake has over 6,800 acres of surface area en… |
| Lake Ozette, WA (Olympic Peninsula & Pacific Coast Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
57 mi | Also known as Ozette Lake Nestled in dense forest just a few miles from the Pacific Coast, Lake Ozette sits snuggled into Washington’s Olympic Peninsula tourism region, on the… |
| Lake Celilo, OR/WA (Mt. Hood-The Gorge Region, OR, Oregon, Southwest Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
55 mi | Also known as Dalles Lock and Dam Beautiful and serene Lake Celilo is located off of I-84 about an hour and a half east of Portland, Oregon. Lake Celilo stretches 24 miles long and str… |
| Lake Spokane, WA (Northeast Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
54 mi | Also known as Long Lake Lake Spokane, a 24 mile long reservoir, is so named because of its close proximity to Spokane, Washington. However, some people call it Long Lake, aft… |
| Riffe Lake (Seattle & Puget Sound Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
52 mi | Also known as Riffe Reservoir, Mossyrock Lake, Davisson Lake Riffe Lake by any other name would still be a fantastic recreational spot. The name confusion for this man-made reservoir in the Seattle and Puget Sou… |
| Lake Washington, WA (Seattle & Puget Sound Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
50 mi | Lake Washington has the distinction of being the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington. This glacial lake is long and narrow, a “ribb… |
