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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Lake MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | Black Lake is a popular sporting lake located in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Surrounded by acres of water and s … |
| Haliburton Lake (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
19 mi | Haliburton Lake is located in Ontario, Canada in a region called the Haliburton Highlands. The name was given due to the beautiful scenery that resemb … |
| Round Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
19 mi | Round Lake is a spectacular 7,596-acre lake located in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Renfrew County is part of the Ottawa Valley which was carved b … |
| Lake Kerr, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
19 mi | 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 … |
| Calabogie Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
19 mi | About 10,000 years ago a glacier retreated across what would become Ontario, leaving over a quarter of a million lakes in its wake. The ice-scour lake … |
| North Long Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | Also known as Brainerd Lakes Covering almost 6,000 acres, North Long Lake is one of the largest and most popular of the Brainerd Lakes. North Long Lake is located in the Central R … |
| Lake Lawtonka, OK (Great Plains Country, OK, Oklahoma, US Southwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | 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 … |
| Lac Vieux Desert, MI/WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI, Wisconsin) |
19 mi | Also known as Lac Vieux Lake Lac Vieux Desert is the French name for this 4,260-acre lake of Michigan and Wisconsin. The name was given by French fur trappers who were among the f … |
| Gull Lake, MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | Gull Lake is a picturesque 2,030-acre natural lake in southwestern Michigan. The lake most likely got its name from the large number of seagulls that … |
| Hubbard Lake (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | Also known as Bottomless Lake, Alcona Lake, Coral Lake Summer in Michigan’s Northeast region is synonymous with a place like Hubbard Lake. Less than 20 miles inland from Lake Huron’s ‘sunrise coast’, Hubba … |
| Green Mountain Reservoir (Colorado, Northwest Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
19 mi | Thousands of tourists and recreational guests come to the Colorado Rockies each year, never knowing that Green Mountain Reservoir is only a short dist … |
| Fox Lake, WI (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
18 mi | The Winnebago Indians, the area’s first inhabitants called it Hosh-a-rac-ah-tah or “good land.” Later it was known as “Waushara” or “fish spear,” and … |