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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Lake (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
47 ft | Stone lake is a beautiful 525-acre, glacier formed lake located near the town of Hayward in Washburn County, Wisconsin. The quiet community of Stone L… |
| Sand Lake ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
47 ft | Also known as Davis Lake, Rideau Lakes Sand Lake is one of the best-known lakes along the Rideau Waterway in Eastern Ontario. Sand Lake is the location of idyllic Birch Island and home to m… |
| South Long Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
47 ft | Also known as Upper South Long Lake, Lower South Long Lake, Brainerd Lakes South Long Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota in Crow Wing County offers 2,115 acres of scenic beauty with a shoreline surrounded by rolling hills covered… |
| White Iron Lake (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
47 ft | White Iron Lake is part of a chain of lakes in St. Louis County, Minnesota that also includes Garden Lake, Farm Lake, and South Farm Lake. Part of the… |
| Buckhorn Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
47 ft | Also known as Trent-Severn Waterway, Kawartha Lakes Part of the Kawartha Chain of Lakes, Buckhorn Lake is one of the many lakes that make up the famed Trent-Severn Waterway. The waterway connects Lake O… |
| Lake Pauline (Southern Windsor County, VT, US New England Region, USA, Vermont) |
47 ft | Also known as Reservoir Pond Lake Pauline is a great example of creating an asset out of a by-product of technology. This small lake in Vermont’s Southern Windsor County region wa… |
| Wappapello Lake, MO (Missouri, Southeast Missouri, US Midwest Region, USA) |
47 ft | Also known as Lake Wappapello Wappapello Lake is a Missouri gem, located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in the southeastern region of the state. Although some larger Misso… |
| Chatfield Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Denver Area, CO, US West Region, USA) |
47 ft | Also known as Chatfield Lake Standing in fields of prairie clover looking at blue herons on beautiful Chatfield Reservoir, it’s hard to imagine that this spot is just outside the… |
| Moraine Lake (Alberta, Canada, Canada) |
46 ft | Moraine Lake, one of the jewels in Banff National Park’s crown, is sometimes dismissively called ‘the other lake’. Nothing could be more misleading. N… |
| Laurel Lake (Monadnock Region, NH, New Hampshire, US New England Region, USA) |
46 ft | Laurel Lake, with its 180 acres of clear, sparkling waters and densely-wooded shoreline in Cheshire County, New Hampshire is a perfect spot for a peac… |
| Cross Lake ME (Aroostook County, ME, Maine, US New England Region, USA) |
46 ft | She rented her kayak from one of the outfitters near Cross Lake, the same one that handles some of the lake’s vacation rentals. As the mist rises off… |
| Cullen Chain of Lakes, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
46 ft | Also known as Upper Cullen Lake, Middle Cullen Lake, Lower Cullen Lake Cullen Chain of Lakes consists of three lakes, Upper Cullen, Middle Cullen, and Lower Cullen, located in Crow Wing County in the Central Region of Min… |