Largest lakes & reservoirs in High Sierra Region, CA by water volume
The estimated volume of water that a lake contains is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. By this measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Siberia’s Lake Baikal.Water Volume can be measured in acre-feet, in cubic miles, or in cubic kilometers. One acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot. One cubic mile equals 3,379,200 acre-feet. One cubic kilometer equals 810,713 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot is equal to 325,851 US gallons. Siberia’s Lake Baikal contains about 6,276,367,740,000,000 gallons of freshwater – nearly 1 million gallons for every living person on earth.
The other – and more widely used – measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s surface acreage. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is North America’s Lake Superior.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
You can find many of the the world’s largest lakes (by water volume) on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, the water volume data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 22 articles we have published for High Sierra Region, CA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > California > High Sierra Region, CA > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in High Sierra Region, CA, only the 22 High Sierra Region, CA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Tahoe, CA/NV (California, High Sierra Region, CA, Nevada, Renoe-Tahoe Territory, NV, US West Region, USA) |
122,160,280 ac-ft | Tucked into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and straddling the California-Nevada state line, Lake Tahoe is one of the most famous lakes in the United Stat… |
| Mono Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
2,407,820 ac-ft | Mono Lake, located in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, has a long and rich history dating back to its formation over 760,000 years ago. S… |
| Lake Isabella, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
560,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Isabella Reservoir) Lake Isabella is an 11,200 acre reservoir in Kern County, California, about 35 miles northeast of Bakersfield. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers create… |
| Cherry Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
273,500 ac-ft | (Also known as Cherry Creek Reservoir) Creation of Cherry Lake and the Tuolumne River watershed was a cooperative effort among the city and county of San Francisco, the Modesto and Turlock… |
| Crowley Lake (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
183,743 ac-ft | (Also known as Long Valley Reservoir, Lake Crowley) Crowley Lake is known for excellent trout fishing in California’s High Sierras region. Before construction of the Long Valley Dam in 1941, few trout e… |
| Shaver Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
135,283 ac-ft | (Also known as Shaver Reservoir) Sixty miles east of Fresno, hidden in the High Sierra Region, Shaver Lake is one of California’s favorite recreation destinations. There have been man… |
| Beardsley Lake (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
97,500 ac-ft | (Also known as Beardsley Reservior, Beardsley Lake Reservoir) Nearly 60 years ago, the effort to provide water to the orchards and farms in California’s Central Valley brought about the creation of beautiful Bear… |
| Huntington Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
89,166 ac-ft | Huntington Lake is located high in the Sierra Mountain Range, just below the Alpine level, at 6,950 feet. The lake covers 1,435 acres and extends 4 mi… |
| Donnells Reservoir (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
63,309 ac-ft | (Also known as Donnells Lake, Donnell Lake) Donnells Reservoir is one of the Central Sierra’s most picturesque lakes. Sometimes called Donnell Lake, it has its own dedicated viewing location and… |
| Topaz Lake, CA/NV (California, High Sierra Region, CA, Nevada, Renoe-Tahoe Territory, NV, US West Region, USA) |
59,440 ac-ft | (Also known as Topaz Reservoir) Topaz Lake is a man-made reservoir located on the border of Nevada and California, about 75 miles south of Reno, Nevada. The reservoir was built on th… |
| Bass Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
45,410 ac-ft | (Also known as Crane Valley Reservoir) Snuggled into the heart of the Sierra National Forest and located at the southern entrance of Yosemite National Park, Bass Lake enjoys an ideal Califo… |
| Pinecrest Lake, CA (California, High Sierra Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
18,312 ac-ft | (Also known as Pinecrest Reservoir, Strawberry Reservoir, Strawberry Flat, Edna Lake, Lake Edna) Surrounded by the stately pines of Stanislaus National Forest and rocky terrain of California’s High Sierras, Pinecrest Lake attracts well over 600,00… |