Largest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Normandy Reservoir, TN (Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
72 mi | Also known as Normandy Lake, Lake Normandy Situated in south central Tennessee near Manchester, Normandy Lake draws anglers, campers and boaters from all over. With its proximity to nearby Tims… |
| Cranberry Lake (Adirondacks Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
71 mi | The best of the Adirondacks is on full display at Cranberry Lake. Located near the edge of six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Cranberry Lake is one of… |
| Taal Lake, Phillipines (Central Philippines Region, Philippines) |
71 mi | Also known as Lake Taal, Bombon Lake Taal Volcano became extremely active in January 2020. The content below was produced prior to that date. We are leaving our description of Lake Taal o… |
| Hebgen Lake (Gold West Country, MT, Montana, US West Region, USA, Yellowstone Country, MT) |
70 mi | Anglers will find some of Montana’s best stillwater trout fishing at Hebgen Lake. The 12,500-acre reservoir lies conveniently just outside the western… |
| Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert (Australia, South Australia, Australia) |
70 mi | Also known as Lower Murray Lakes Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert are important lakes south of Adelaide in South Australia. Often called the lower lakes of the Murray River, the two f… |
| Priest Lake, ID (Idaho, Northern Idaho, US West Region, USA) |
70 mi | Located in the most northern portion of Idaho’s Panhandle, Priest Lake is within 30 miles of the Canadian Border. Priest Lake was naturally created at… |
| Buckhorn Lake, ON (Canada, Ontario, Canada) |
70 mi | Also known as Trent-Severn Waterway, Kawartha Lakes Part of the Kawartha Chain of Lakes, Buckhorn Lake is one of the many lakes that make up the famed Trent-Severn Waterway. The waterway connects Lake O… |
| Lake Maumelle, AR (Arkansas, Central Arkansas, US South Region, USA) |
70 mi | With 70 miles of mostly wooded shoreline, Lake Maumelle is a nature lover’s paradise. Lake Maumelle is located in the Central Arkansas Region about 12… |
| Cross Lake, LA (Louisiana, Sportsman's Paradise Region, LA, US South Region, USA) |
70 mi | Cross Lake is a popular fishing and boating lake near Shreveport in Northwest Louisiana. The 8,575 acre freshwater reservoir supplies water to the cit… |
| Palisades Reservoir, ID/WY (Eastern Idaho, Idaho, Southwest Wyoming, US West Region, USA, Wyoming) |
70 mi | Palisades Reservoir is set in southeast Idaho, east of Idaho Falls in a beautiful river valley. The southern end of the reservoir extends into Wyoming… |
| Pymatuning Lake, PA/OH (Great Lakes Region, PA, Northeast Ohio, Ohio, Pennsylvania, US Mid-Atlantic Region, US Midwest Region, USA) |
70 mi | Also known as Pymatuning Reservoir Pymatuning Lake, located in northwestern Pennsylvania and spilling over into northeastern Ohio, is a lake of superlatives: Clocking in at 17,088 acres… |
| Sherman Reservoir (Nebraska, Sandhills Region, NE, US Midwest Region, USA) |
68 mi | Also known as Sherman Lake Sherman Reservoir adds great recreation value to the Sandhills region of Nebraska in addition to precious irrigation water for thousands of farm acres… |