Nevada Lakes by Region

Nevada : Cowboy Country (4)

• Ruby Lake
• South Fork Reservoir
• Rye Patch Reservoir
• Wild Horse Reservoir

Nevada : Las Vegas Territory (2)

• Lake Mead
• Lake Mohave

Nevada : Nevada Silver Trails (1)

• Walker Lake

Nevada : Pony Express Territory (1)

• Lahontan Reservoir

Nevada : Renoe-Tahoe Territory (4)

• Lake Tahoe
• Topaz Lake
• Pyramid Lake
• Washoe Lake

Lake Tahoe

Nevada Lakes A-Z

• Lahontan Reservoir
• Pyramid Lake
• Topaz Lake
• Lake Mead
• Ruby Lake
• Walker Lake
• Lake Mohave
• Rye Patch Reservoir
• Washoe Lake
• Lake Tahoe
• South Fork Reservoir
• Wild Horse Reservoir

Lakes in NV

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Lahontan Reservoir	Also known as: Lake Lahontan Lahontan Reservoir is located about 45 miles northeast of Carson City, Nevada, on the Carson River. The Lahontan Dam was completed in 1915 and impounds ...
Lake Mead	Lake Mead is the USA's largest man-made reservoir in amount of water it can hold. Although Lake Powell is marginally larger in acreage at full-pond, Lake ...
Lake Mohave	Lake Mohave is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River that spans 28,260 acres. It is a part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and was created ...
Lake Tahoe	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 States. ...
Pyramid Lake	Pyramid Lake is a true natural wonder located in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation in western Nevada. One of the last remaining salt lakes in ...
Ruby Lake	Also known as: Ruby Marsh Perhaps the last thing one would expect to find in the deserts of northeastern Nevada is a marsh. But Ruby Lake is just that: a 17,125 acre marsh and ...
Rye Patch Reservoir	Rye Patch Reservoir is located on the Humboldt River in Pershing County, Nevada. The reservoir was completed in 1936 and provides flood control and irrigation ...
South Fork Reservoir	South Fork Reservoir is located on the south fork of the Humboldt River about 16 miles south of Elko in northern Nevada. Although the South Fork Dam was ...
Topaz Lake	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 the ...
Walker Lake	Walker Lake is a natural lake located in rural Mineral County, Nevada about 75 miles southeast of Reno, Nevada. It is one of several freshwater terminus ...
Washoe Lake	Washoe Lake, along with the smaller Little Washoe Lakes, is located in western Nevada between Carson City and Reno. Nestled in peaceful Washoe Valley, ...
Wild Horse Reservoir	Wild Horse Reservoir is located along the Owyhee River in the deserts of northeastern Nevada. The reservoir was originally built in 1937 to provide water ...