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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Lakes NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
195 ft | Also known as Green Lake, Fayetteville Green Lake, Round Lake Two little-known lakes in the Finger Lakes region of New York offer a geological mystery inviting the attention of scientists around the world. Green… |
| Center Hill Lake, TN (Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
195 ft | Also known as Center Hill Reservoir Center Hill Lake is almost completely surrounded by the beautiful hardwood forested hills of the Tennessee Eastern Highlands. Center Hill Lake has 18,… |
| Green Mountain Reservoir (Colorado, Northwest Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
195 ft | Thousands of tourists and recreational guests come to the Colorado Rockies each year, never knowing that Green Mountain Reservoir is only a short dist… |
| Pathfinder Reservoir, WY (Central Wyoming, US West Region, USA, Wyoming) |
192 ft | Pathfinder Reservoir is the oldest reservoir along the North Platte River. With over 21,000 acres of water it is a welcome destination for more than 1… |
| Elk Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
192 ft | A visit to Elk Lake is a fisherman’s dream come true. The huge lake is nearly 200 ft deep in some areas and is actually deep enough to offer lake trou… |
| Quake Lake (Gold West Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA, Yellowstone Country, MT) |
190 ft | Also known as Earthquake Lake In a natural phenomenon seldom seen in today’s world, a massive earthquake and landslide created Montana’s Quake Lake in 1959. In pre-recorded history… |
| Mayfield Lake (Seattle & Puget Sound Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
190 ft | Mayfield Lake is cradled in the foothills of the Cascades in Lewis County, Washington. This 2,200-acre reservoir is conveniently located close to Moun… |
| Coldwater Lake, WA (Southwest Washington, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
190 ft | Today Coldwater Lake is a peaceful, scenic 750-acre lake, but the violence of Mount St. Helens created the lake in 1980. On May 18, 1980, a 5.1 magnit… |
| Badin Lake, NC (North Carolina, Piedmont Region, NC, US South Region, USA) |
190 ft | Badin Lake, a reservoir built in 1917 for hydroelectric power by the Aluminum Company of America, covers 5,350 North Carolina acres with its sparkling… |
| Horsetooth Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Front Range Region, CO, US West Region, USA) |
188 ft | Also known as Horsetooth Lake On the high, arid ridges and plains of Colorado’s Front Range, Horsetooth Reservoir delights the visitor and refreshes the senses. Developed as a stor… |
| Schoodic Lake (Maine, Maine Highlands Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
186 ft | One of the large lakes in the Maine Highlands region, Schoodic Lake has managed to stay off the recreation radar of many Maine vacationers. Only an ho… |
| Williams Lake ID (Central Idaho, Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
185 ft | The swish and pop of a fly rod breaks the early morning silence on Williams Lake in the central region of Idaho. A heron wades in the reeds along the… |