Lakes / Reservoirs in Illinois
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Antioch Lake, IL
Bangs Lake, IL
Bluff Lake, IL
Brandenburg Lake, IL
Channel Lake, IL
Crooked Lake, IL
Crystal Lake IL
Deep Lake IL
Dunns Lake, IL
Fox Chain O’Lakes, IL
Fox Lake, IL
Gages Lake, IL
Grass Lake, IL
Griswold Lake, IL
Highland Lake, IL
Lake Marie, IL
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan-Huron
Lake Zurich, IL
Long Lake, IL
Pistakee Lake
Third Lake and Druce Lake, IL
Wolf Lake, IL/IN
Wonder Lake
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All Illinois lakes A-Z
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| Lake name | Lake description |
|---|---|
| Governor Bond Lake, IL (Also known as Greenville New City Lake) |
Governor Bond Lake is proclaimed to be one of Greenville, Illinois best kept secrets. A water supply reservoir built in the late 1960’s has become a top recreation in the area… |
| Grass Lake, IL (Also known as Fox Chain O'Lakes) |
Grass Lake is one of nine lakes linked by channels to form the Fox Chain O’Lakes in northern Illinois. The combination of lakes is the largest inland, recreational waterway in… |
| Griswold Lake, IL (Also known as Griswald Lake, Fox Chain O'Lakes) |
Griswold Lake is located in the Chicagoland Region of Illinois near Holiday Hills. The northern shore of Griswold Lake was first developed in the 1930s and featured rustic cab… |
| Happy Hollow Lake |
Knox County in western Illinois is home to private Happy Hollow Lake. Built in 1963, Happy Hollow Lake offers 30 acres of cool, refreshing water. Very close by is another lake… |
| Heritage Lake, IL (Also known as Maraldo Lake) |
Originally named Maraldo Lake, Heritage Lake is a private 85-acre, man-made lake located just east of the town of Mackinaw on the border of Illinois’ western and central touri… |
| Highland Lake, IL |
If you’ve ever dreamed of leaving the city on Friday night and quickly arriving at a lakefront piece of heaven, then Highland Lake is just the place for you. Part of the Illin… |
| Holiday Shores Lake, IL (Also known as Holiday Lake) |
Holiday Shores Lake is a sprawling 430-acre, man-made lake in Madison County, Illinois. Formed by the damming of Joulters Creek in 1965, this unique lake offers 17 miles of pr… |
| Horseshoe Lake, IL |
Horseshoe Lake is an “oxbow” lake in west-central Illinois, created more than 3,000 years ago when a section of the mighty Mississippi River was cut off from the main river ch… |
| Kellart Lake, IL |
For a select and lucky few, Kellart Lake is a scenic and peaceful retreat. An hour and a half from Chicago, 45 minutes from Bloomington, Champaign and Kankakee, and two miles… |
| Kinkaid Lake, IL |
Kinkaid Lake is a scenic 2,350-acre reservoir surrounded by sandstone bluffs and rolling hills of oaks and hickories on the edge of the Shawnee National Forest in southwestern… |
| Lake Carlinville, IL (Also known as Carlinville Lake, Lake 1 and Lake 2) |
Located in the Central region of Illinois, Lake Carlinville (also known as Carlinville Lake) is a 355-acre lake used for drinking water and recreation for the City of Carlinvi… |
| Lake Carroll, IL |
Lake Carroll is a sparkling freshwater lake located in Carroll County, in the northwest corner of Illinois. This private body of water sits in the middle of an exclusive resid… |