Largest lakes & reservoirs in Shore Region, NJ 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 4 articles we have published for Shore Region, NJ lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Mid-Atlantic Region > New Jersey > Shore Region, NJ > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Shore Region, NJ, only the 4 Shore Region, NJ lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Manasquan Reservoir, NJ (New Jersey, Shore Region, NJ, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
720 ac | Also known as Manasquan County Reservoir Manasquan Reservoir is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Artifacts found near the reservoir indicate that its land was once occupied by the Lena… |
| Deal Lake, NJ (New Jersey, Shore Region, NJ, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
158 ac | The largest freshwater coastal lake in New Jersey, Deal Lake is composed of a unique series of shallow ponds and channels clustered together — as opp… |
| Pine Barrens Lakes (Atlantic City Area, NJ, Delaware River Region, NJ, New Jersey, Shore Region, NJ, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
62 ac | Also known as Pinelands, Lake Atsion, Lake Absegami, Mirror Lake, Big Pine Lake, Little Pine Lake, Country Lake, Presidential Lake Some of the most-visited lakes in New Jersey are the impoundments within the Pinelands National Reserve. Sprawled across the New Jersey Shore, Delawar… |
| Spring Lake, NJ (New Jersey, Shore Region, NJ, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
16 ac | The mute swans glide across the surface of Spring Lake, their heads tipped demurely toward the clean, spring water. Their graceful presence is an eleg… |