Largest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Pomme de Terre Lake (Central Missouri, Missouri, US Midwest Region, USA) |
7,821 ac | Also known as Pomme De Terre Reservoir One of Missouri’s lesser-known recreational destinations is Pomme De Terre Lake. Construction of this reservoir was completed in 1961, although it had… |
| Warrior Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
7,800 ac | Also known as Warrior Reservoir Warrior Lake is part of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Lake system located in the diverse Metropolitan Tourism Region of Alabama. Six miles southeast of… |
| Bobs and Crow Lakes (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
7,776 ac | A perfect destination to savor the character of the Rideau Lake District is Bobs and Crow Lakes. Located 50 miles north of Kingston, Ontario, the two… |
| Lake Camanche, CA (California, Gold Country Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
7,770 ac | Also known as Camanche Reservoir Lake Camanche is situated on the border of Calaveras and Amador Counties in California’s Gold Country tourism region. These two counties played influe… |
| Black Lake NY (New York, Thousand Islands Region, NY, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
7,761 ac | Known as the best fishing destination in the 1000 Islands Region of upstate New York, Black Lake has been drawing anglers and vacationers to its shore… |
| Elk Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
7,730 ac | 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… |
| Lake Onalaska, MN/WI (Minnesota, Mississippi-Chippewa Rivers Region, WI, Southern Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
7,688 ac | Lake Onalaska is a popular year-round recreation destination on the upper Mississippi River, located between La Crosse, Wisconsin and La Crescent, Min… |
| Mormon Lake, AZ (Arizona, Northern Arizona, US Southwest Region, USA) |
7,680 ac | Mormon Lake is a natural lake and part of Arizona’s Coconino National Forest, which spreads 1,821,495 acres across Northern Arizona pines, plateaus, a… |
| Round Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
7,596 ac | Round Lake is a spectacular 7,596-acre lake located in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Renfrew County is part of the Ottawa Valley which was carved b… |
| Battle Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
7,588 ac | Also known as East Battle Lake, West Battle Lake Connected by Battle Creek, West Battle Lake and East Battle Lake sprawl across over 7,500 acres of central Minnesota in Ottertail County. With more th… |
| South Holston Lake, VA (Blue Ridge Highlands, VA, East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
7,580 ac | Also known as South Holston Reservoir An impoundment of the South Fork Holston River, South Holston Lake is an exceptional place to fish and boat. Straddling the Virginia and Tennessee sta… |
| Lake Ozette, WA (Olympic Peninsula & Pacific Coast Region, WA, US West Region, USA, Washington) |
7,550 ac | Also known as Ozette Lake Nestled in dense forest just a few miles from the Pacific Coast, Lake Ozette sits snuggled into Washington’s Olympic Peninsula tourism region, on the… |