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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Owasso & Lake Josephine (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
37 ft | Twin residential lakes in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Lake Josephine and Lake Owasso offer a welcome recreational respite from the bustling cit… |
| Lower Kaubashine Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
37 ft | Located on what is called the “Quiet Side of the Northwoods”, 187-acre Lower Kaubashine Lake is a beautiful, family oriented resort lake near Hazelhur… |
| Lake Hayward, CT (Connecticut, River Valley Region, CT, US New England Region, USA) |
37 ft | He unloads the station wagon carrying carefully packed boxes to his wife in the house. The kids are already next door reacquainting themselves with th… |
| Saylorville Lake, IA (Central Iowa, Iowa, US Midwest Region, USA) |
37 ft | Also known as Saylorville Reservoir Saylorville Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the Des Moines River bordering the town of Polk City, about 11 miles north of Des Moines, Iowa. Th… |
| Lake Gogebic, MI (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
37 ft | Lake Gogebic, located at the western tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) is a hidden gem, far undervalued in the outdoor sports world. Lake Gogebic… |
| Findley Lake (Chautauqua-Allegheny Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
37 ft | Findley Lake is a friendly hideaway in New York’s Chautauqua-Allegheny Region. This 292-acre lake was created in 1815 when Revolutionary War veteran A… |
| Bass Lake WI (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
36 ft | Also known as Little Bass Lake A small gem sparkling in the Chequamegon National Forest, Bass Lake is located in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. At 56 acres, small compared to the more… |
| Lake Macatawa, MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
36 ft | Also known as Black Lake The Ottawa tribe of Native Americans called Lake Macatawa “Ma-Ca-Ta-Wa” or Black Lake. The water, like many lakes in northern states, was dark from ta… |
| Lime Lake (Chautauqua-Allegheny Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
36 ft | Lime Lake is nestled in the remote Chautauqua-Allegheny region of southwestern New York. The Chautauqua-Allegheny tourism region is known as the “Wild… |
| Pistakee Lake (Chicagoland Region, IL, Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA) |
36 ft | Also known as Lake Pistakee, Fox Chain O'Lakes Pistakee Lake is a well-known destination to generations of Chicago area Lakelubbers. Located on the famous Fox River Chain of Lakes in the Chicagolan… |
| Oak Hollow Lake, NC (North Carolina, Piedmont Region, NC, US South Region, USA) |
36 ft | Also known as Highpoint Reservoir Tucked in between Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina, sparkling 810-acre Oak Hollow Lake is the primary water supply for the City of High Po… |
| Little Swan Lake, IL (Illinois, US Midwest Region, USA, Western Illinois) |
36 ft | TEST – Little Swan Lake is a private community tucked away in the quiet atmosphere of rural Warren County in west central Illinois. Property owners a… |