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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bardwell Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
25 mi | Also known as Lake Bardwell Bardwell Lake is a vast, sparkling palate of wet and wild opportunity near Ennis, Texas, not far from the hustle and bustle of Dallas-Fort Worth. The … |
| Lake Hatchineha, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
25 mi | Lake Hatchineha, a 6,665-acre expanse in Osceola County, welcomes both tourists and residents to its beautiful central Florida shores. Lake Hatchineha … |
| Chateaugay Lakes (Adirondacks Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
25 mi | Also known as Upper Chateaugay Lake, Lower Chateaugay Lake Sprawling across nearly 3,200 acres near the Canadian border, the Chateaugay Lakes are held dear in the hearts of many northern New Yorkers. Located e … |
| Lago Pehoe (Chile, South Chile Region) |
25 mi | Also known as Pehoe Lake Located at the southern end of Chile, at the edge of the Andes Mountains, Lago Pehoe is a spectacular sight. The scenic lake is visited by thousands e … |
| Lake Couchiching (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
24 mi | Lucky cottagers at Lake Couchiching have the best of all worlds. As a part of the famed Trent-Severn Waterway, Lake Couchiching is the perfect home ba … |
| Alouette Lake (British Columbia, Canada, Canada) |
24 mi | Also known as Alouette Reservoir, Lillooet Lake (historic) Only an hour away from big-city Vancouver, Alouette Lake provides a wilderness experience and a mountain view of beautiful Golden Ears Provincial Park … |
| Embalse de Los Bermejales (Andalusia Region, Spain, Spain) |
24 mi | Also known as Bermejales Reservoir, Lake Bermejales, Bermejales Lake Little-noticed among most tourists to the Andalusia area of southern Spain, Embalse de Los Bermejales hides a wide array of charming sights and activi … |
| Tichigan Lake (Lake Michigan Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
24 mi | Also known as Waterford Impoundment Tichigan Lake is a portion of the Waterford Impoundment on the Fox River in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Region. It offers private lakefront living to a … |
| Caballo Lake (New Mexico, Southwest New Mexico, NM, US Southwest Region, USA) |
24 mi | Also known as Caballo Reservoir One of the little-known treasures in New Mexico’s Southwest region is Caballo Lake. This 11,000-acre reservoir along the Rio Grande River escapes the … |
| Lake Austin, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
24 mi | Scenic Lake Austin snakes its way through the Austin Hill Country on the Colorado River in Central Texas. It is the sixth lake down the chain of the H … |
| Albert Lea Lake (Minnesota, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
24 mi | Hikers wake up to the sun filtering through the trees and the chirping of indigo buntings and eastern bluebirds at Albert Lea Lake in southern Minneso … |
| Otter Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
24 mi | Also known as Big Otter Lake Otter Lake is a sparkling 1,252-acre lake located near Parry Sound, Ontario, in the Georgian Bay region known as The 30,000 Islands. The Georgian Bay … |