Here are the 230 lakes we have listed - compared by Longest shoreline. Suggest a new lake.
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Lake of the Woods
(Manitoba, Ontario, Minnesota) |
25,000 | Spanning the border from Minnesota into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Lake of the Woods is an enormous body of water over 68 miles long, 59 miles wide, with 25,000 miles of shoreline. The western part of the lake is mostly open water, while the eastern part is dotted with more than ... |
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Great Salt Lake
(Utah) |
10,000 | Sometimes called "America's Dead Sea," the Great Salt Lake occupies approximately 1,700 square miles of Utah's real estate. The lake is actually the largest remnant of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville, and has a salinity much higher (saltier) than ocean water. Despite its nickname, however, the lake ... |
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Lake Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan) |
3,825 | A glacial lake of epic proportions, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area, boasting 23,010 square miles and an incredible 3,825-mile shoreline. The massive lake is the third largest of the Great Lakes by water volume, containing 850 cubic miles of fresh water within ... |
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Lake Superior
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin) |
2,726 | Lake Superior is the largest, deepest, coldest, cleanest, least developed, and most pristine of all the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake measured by surface area -- and the world's fourth largest measured by volume. Its lowest depth, 1,333 feet beneath its surface ... |
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Kentucky Lake
(Kentucky, Tennessee) |
2,380 | Kentucky Lake is the largest manmade lake east of the Mississippi: 184 miles long, 2 miles wide, 160,309 surface acres, and 2,380 miles of shoreline! The lake stretches south across the western tip of Kentucky into Tennessee. The lake was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority for navigation, ... |
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Lake Oahe
(North Dakota, South Dakota) |
2,250 | Lake Oahe, named after an Oahe Indian Mission roughly translates "a foundation" or "a place to stand on." Spanning 231 miles from Pierre, South Dakota, to Bismarck, North Dakota, and with a shoreline of 2250 miles, it is no wonder Lake Oahe is the nation's 4th largest man-made reservoir. Located north ... |
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Lake Victoria
(Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) |
2,138 | Lake Victoria -- also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe, and Nalubaale -- rakes in the superlatives: it is the largest lake on the African continent, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. Joined by five others, Lake Victoria is one ... |
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Lake Powell
(Arizona, Utah) |
1,900 | Lake Powell is located in one of Southern Utah's most picturesque red-rock desert areas and Arizona's Navaho Indian Reservation. It is one of the most scenic reservoirs in the United States and, after Lake Mead, the second largest man-made. With over 1900 miles of shoreline, temperate climate and an ... |
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Lake Michigan
(Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
1,638 | As the only Great Lake nestled completely within the boundaries of the United States, Lake Michigan is the pride and joy of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The lake boasts a huge area of 22,400 square miles, making it the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world to be contained ... |
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Fort Peck Lake
(Montana) |
1,520 | Fort Peck Lake located 20 miles southeast of Glasgow, Montana on Montana Highway 24, is the 5th-largest man-made reservoir in the United States, and is Montana's largest lake. Named after an old trading post, Fort Peck Lake is one of six lakes on the Missouri River. The other five lakes are Lake Sakakawea, ... |