Largest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Jaisamand Lake (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
30 mi | Also known as Dhebar Lake, Dhevar Lake One of India’s largest artificial lakes, Jaisamand Lake was created in 1685 when Rana Jai Singh of Udaipur built a marble dam across the Gomati River. … |
| Pimushe Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 mi | He’s been out on Pimushe Lake since dawn and hasn’t seen anything. Ready to give up, he’s walking down an abandoned logging road heading back to the c … |
| Whatcom Lake, WA (Northwest Washington & Islands, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
30 mi | Also known as Lake Whatcom Whatcom Lake is a 5,000-acre natural lake surrounded by mountainous terrain located in Whatcom County, Washington. Whatcom is from a Nooksack Indian w … |
| Lake Osoyoos, WA / Canada (British Columbia, Canada, Canada, North Central Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
30 mi | Also known as Osoyoos Lake Lake Osoyoos spans more than 5,700 acres and straddles the border of British Columbia, Canada and Washington state in the United States. The Okanagan … |
| Copan Lake, OK (Green Country, OK, Oklahoma, US Southwest Region, USA) |
30 mi | Also known as Lake Copan, Copan Reservoir Named after a small town situated near its banks in Oklahoma, Copan Lake was completed in 1983. Flood control, water supply, water quality control, re … |
| Cedar Lake, IL (Illinois, Southern Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 mi | Cedar Lake is located at the edge of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. This 1,750-acre reservoir was created by the City of Carbondale … |
| Cheat Lake, WV (Mountaineer Country, WV, US South Region, USA, West Virginia) |
30 mi | Also known as Lake Lynn A dam built across the Cheat River in 1925 created the scenic reservoir of Cheat Lake. Originally called Lake Lynn, the dam sits nearly at the border … |
| Tomahawk Lake, WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
30 mi | Oneida County is known as the place “Where nature lingered longer.” With over a thousand lakes, 68,447 acres of water and tens of thousands of acres o … |
| Walloon Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 mi | Walloon Lake – Hemingway’s Michigan. Ernest Hemingway was born here, spent 22 youthful summers here and came back to the lake for his honeymoon. The H … |
| Lake Sunapee, NH (Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
30 mi | Also known as Sunapee Lake Lake Sunapee has been a popular vacation destination since the heyday of passenger railroads and steamships. The lake’s clear waters and beautiful sce … |
| Indian Lake, OH (Central Ohio, Ohio, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30 mi | Also known as Lewistown Reservoir Indian Lake is a 5,800-acre water playground in central Ohio’s Logan County. Named after several Native American tribes that used to inhabit this area … |
| Burnsville Lake, WV (Mountain Lakes Region, WV, US South Region, USA, West Virginia) |
30 mi | Also known as Burnsville Reservoir Beautiful Burnsville Lake was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to control flooding along the Little Kanawha River. The Corps began construc … |