Deepest lakes & reservoirs in by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, 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 maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Canadarago Lake, NY (Central-Leatherstocking Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
43 ft | Reported as one of the cleanest and clearest lakes in New York by the Department of Environmental Conservation, Canadarago Lake located in central New… |
| Olallie Lake, OR (Mt. Hood-The Gorge Region, OR, Oregon, US West Region, USA) |
43 ft | Proclaimed to be one of the cleanest lakes in Oregon, Olallie Lake’s major source of water is snow melt. Far off the beaten path and at the end of a g… |
| Morse Reservoir, IN (Central Indiana, Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
43 ft | Also known as Morse Lake Located in central Indiana, Morse Reservoir awaits visitors and those looking to relocate to the good life. The lake is just a short drive from Indian… |
| Bardwell Lake, TX (Prairies and Lakes Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
43 ft | 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… |
| Middle Lake (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
42 ft | Also known as Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderdale Chain of Lakes Middle Lake is a 259-acre lake in the center of the Lauderdale Lakes chain. The three-lake chain (Green Lake, Middle Lake, and Mill Lake) covers 807 a… |
| Great Herring Pond (Massachusetts, Southeastern Massachusetts, US New England Region, USA) |
42 ft | Also known as Lake Manomet Nestled just minutes from Massachusetts’ southeastern coastline, Great Herring Pond is a cozy body of water with a surface area of 376 acres. Most of… |
| Bald Hill Pond (Northeast Kingdom Region, VT, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
42 ft | Bald Hill Pond earns a “3-S” rating! The three ‘S’s, solitude, silence and serenity, fit this Northeast Kingdom region lake to a ‘T’. The small 105-ac… |
| Mille Lacs Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
42 ft | Also known as Lake Mille Lacs August 2015 Update: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued an order August 2, 2015 banning walleye fishing for the rest of the season. T… |
| Eagle Lake NY (Adirondacks Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
42 ft | Also known as Chilson Pond, Long Pond, Paragon Pond A quiet lake located in Essex County, New York, Eagle Lake is home to beautiful scenery of the Adirondack area. With its close proximity to many attra… |
| Lake Keesus, WI (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
42 ft | Also known as Keesus Lake Lake Keesus is in the Southern Savanna region of Wisconsin, where suburbia in the east meets rural life in the west. Northwest of Waukesha County, whe… |
| Aliceville Lake, AL/MS (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, Mississippi, Pines Region, MS, US South Region, USA) |
42 ft | Also known as Pickensville Lake Aliceville Lake, known to fishing locals as Pickensville Lake, is one of 10 lakes on the 234-mile man-made Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The Tenn-Tom,… |
| Fish Trap Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
42 ft | A pure Minnesotan jewel, the sparkling 1,175-acre Fish Trap Lake is situated in the state’s central tourism region. Located in Morrison County just tw… |