Here are the 4 lakes we have listed within USA > Midwest > Illinois - sorted A-Z. Suggest a new lake.
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Carlyle Lake
(Illinois) |
Carlyle Lake, located in south-central Illinois, holds dual titles as largest artificial lake and largest body of water wholly contained within the state. Located about 50 miles east of St. Louis, Carlyle Lake was created by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1958 and 1967. Though its 26,000 acre surface ... |
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Clinton Lake
(Illinois) |
Travel to central Illinois and you'll find Clinton Lake, a 4,900 acre lake just 3 miles east of Clinton. Though the lake was originally built as a cooling tank for the Clinton Nuclear Generation Station, the reservoir pulls double duty as one of the area's premier vacation destinations. Open since ... |
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Lake Michigan
(Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
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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Lake Michigan-Huron
(Ontario, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin) |
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron share the same elevation of 577 feet above sea level, and they are connected by the five-mile-wide Straits of Mackinac. Hydrologically, this makes the two a single lake that some designate as Lake Michigan-Huron. We list the combined entity here to acknowledge that some ... |
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Note: For most lakes, some data are unknown or do not apply, so these comparisons may show fewer than 4 lakes.