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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf Lake, IL/IN (Chicagoland Region, IL, Illinois, Indiana, North Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
18 ft | With Chicago, Illinois on one side and Hammond, Indiana on the other, Wolf Lake is a pocket of green offering respite to the weary city dweller. The w… |
| Lake Conway, AR (Arkansas, Central Arkansas, US South Region, USA) |
18 ft | Lake Conway, located three miles south of the town of Conway in the Central Region of Arkansas, is the largest recreational lake ever constructed by a… |
| Cross Lake, LA (Louisiana, Sportsman's Paradise Region, LA, US South Region, USA) |
18 ft | Cross Lake is a popular fishing and boating lake near Shreveport in Northwest Louisiana. The 8,575 acre freshwater reservoir supplies water to the cit… |
| Utah Lake, UT (Mountainland Region, UT, US West Region, USA, Utah) |
18 ft | Utah Lake is located in north-central Utah’s Mountainland region with the major cities of Provo and Orem on the eastern shore. It is the largest fresh… |
| Reelfoot Lake, KY/TN (Kentucky, Tennessee, US South Region, USA, West Tennessee, Western Waterlands Region, KY) |
18 ft | Reelfoot Lake makes its home in northwestern Tennessee and extends into southern Kentucky. The lake is young: popular history says that after the New… |
| Lake Sebring, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
17 ft | Also known as Sebring Lake Lake Sebring in Highlands County has been a Florida tourism destination since 1912. Wealthy businessman George Sebring came here from Ohio on a fishin… |
| Little Manitou Lake (Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
17 ft | One of the most striking wonders of the Saskatchewan prairie, Little Manitou has been amazing its human visitors since well before European settlers a… |
| Paradise Lake (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
17 ft | Also known as Carp Lake, Lake Paradise Paradise Lake is truly a lakelubber’s paradise. This 1900-acre lake in Michigan’s Northwest region has been a paradise for countless numbers of cottag… |
| Oxbow Lake (Adirondacks Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
17 ft | A perfect view over a perfect lake: that describes beautiful little Oxbow Lake in the Adirondack region of New York. Other lakes may be bigger than Ox… |
| Province Lake (Lakes & Mountains Region, ME, Lakes Region, NH, Maine, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
17 ft | A quick swish and the golf club slices through the air sending the ball down the green along Province Lake. The lake, covering almost a thousand acres… |
| Lake Elmore (Stowe-Smugglers' Notch Region, VT, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
17 ft | Also known as Elmore Pond, Meades Pond The local slogan, “Beauty Spot of Vermont,” suits Lake Elmore to a ‘T’. This lovely lake nestles beneath Mt. Elmore in the Stowe/Smugglers’ Notch regi… |
| Ann Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
17 ft | In a land with thousands of lakes, a spot like Ann Lake might be overlooked. But this lake in Minnesota’s Central Region might well be the perfect spo… |