Largest lakes & reservoirs in North Florida by shoreline length
The length of the exterior shoreline around a lake is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. The shoreline length can be considerably shorter or longer when lake water levels are lower or higher than normal. A lake with many coves has a much longer shoreline than a lake of similar surface area that is nearly circular in shape.When known, the shoreline miles that we report in our statistics include only the lake’s exterior shoreline, and exclude the shorelines of islands located within a lake’s boundaries. In lakes with many islands, those islands’ combined shorelines may exceed a lake’s exterior shoreline.
You can find many of the world’s longest-shoreline lakes on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, "Longest Shorelines" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 16 articles we have published for North Florida lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > North Florida > Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in North Florida, only the 16 North Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
25 mi | Both wading birds and airboats are at home amongst the mats of floating aquatic plants on beautiful Orange Lake in Alachua County, Florida. With its a… |
| Guana Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
15 mi | Also known as Lake Ponte Vedra One of Florida’s most interesting lakes is Guana Lake. Located between Jacksonville and St Augustine in Florida’s North Region, the lake is actually l… |
| Doctors Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
13 mi | Doctors Lake is a 3,500-acre tidal freshwater embayment located on the west side of the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida, just 37 miles from th… |
| Lake Lochloosa, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
13 mi | Also known as Lochloosa Lake A single kayaker paddles out of Cross Creek into the mouth of Little Lochloosa Lake. Beautiful 5,700-acre Lochlossa Lake stretches in front of him wit… |
| Deer Springs Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
1 mi | Located in Clay County an hour southwest of Jacksonville, Deer Springs Lake is a small lake amongst 48 other lakes in the county. Known for its large… |