Largest lakes & reservoirs in Cross Florida by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 13 articles we have published for Cross Florida lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > Cross Florida > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Cross Florida, only the 13 Cross Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake George, FL (Cross Florida, East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
46,000 ac | Lake George is the second largest lake in Florida, second only to Lake Okeechobee. Lake George is also the largest lake on the St. Johns River, about… |
| Crescent Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
15,960 ac | Also known as Lake Crescent Crescent Lake, straddling Putnam and Flagler Counties in northeastern Florida, lazes out over an imposing 15,960 acres. Known for its clean water and… |
| Lake Weir, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
5,686 ac | Sprawling live oaks dripping with Spanish moss next to beautiful white sand beaches combine with exceptional fishing to make Lake Weir an enchanting M… |
| Lake Rousseau, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
4,263 ac | He guides his boat carefully over the submerged cypress stumps; it’s just barely light and he doesn’t want to risk hitting anything. The sunken timber… |
| Lake Kerr, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
2,830 ac | Also known as Kerr Lake Crystal clear, Lake Kerr is one of Florida’s sinkhole lakes, formed over time by the erosion of limestone. It is immediately west of the freshwater sp… |
| Cowpen Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
692 ac | Many pockets and sinkholes dot the landscape of central Florida. Cowpen Lake is one of the scores of small lakes and marshes of Florida’s natural trea… |
| Little Orange Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
576 ac | North central Florida is blessed with a number of pristine lakes. Within a ten-mile radius of the city of Hawthorne, there are approximately 380 bodie… |
| Lake Como, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
245 ac | Truly stunning to look at, Lake Como is a dazzling body of water in Putnam County Florida. It is considered oligotrohpic, meaning that it is unusually… |
| Star Lake-Putnam County, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
234 ac | Star Lake is a 234-acre spring-fed lake in the rural southwest corner of Putnam County, Florida. The spring is stable, so Star Lake has not been affec… |
| Lake McMeekin, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
200 ac | Also known as McMeekin Lake, Big Lake McMeekin, Little Lake McMeekin Located in the Cross Florida region, spring-fed Lake McMeekin (also called McMeekin Lake) is actually two lakes- Big Lake McMeekin at 200 acres and Li… |
| Bream Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
164 ac | Bream Lake is a 164-acre private lake in Putnam County near the border of Alachua County. The natural spring-fed lake has a sandy bottom and clean wat… |
| Island Lake, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
130 ac | Island Lake is a 130-acre spring fed lake in Marion County, Florida. This private lake has no public access, making it a perfect winter or summer retr… |