This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

By state

Āliapa'akai (Salt Lake), in the Honolulu neighborhood of Salt Lake, Hawaii^[1]^[2]
Alieiki Lake^[3]
Green Lake (Hawaii) (formerly Wai a Pele)^[4]^[5] (destroyed on 2 June 2018 by an eruption)
Hālaliʻi Lake (largest lake in Hawaii)^[6]
Halulu Lake (largest natural lake in Hawaii)^[7]
Ka Loko Reservoir^[8]
Keālia Pond^[9]
Loʻe Lake^[10]
Loko Paakai^[11]
Meyer Lake^[12]
Nonopapa Lake^[13]
Violet Lake (also known as Kiʻowaiokihawahine)^[14]
Lake Waiau^[15]
Lake Wilson (Oahu)^[16]

Anacoco Lake
Bay Long in
Bayou D'Arbonne Lake
Lake Bistineau
Black Lake (Louisiana) (also known as Black-Clear Lake in Natchitoches Parish)
Black Bayou Reservoir located in Bossier Parish^[18]
Bundick Lake near Dry Creek
Caddo Lake (extends into Texas)
Caillou Lake in Terrebonne Parish
Calcasieu Lake
Caney Creek Lake in Jackson Parish
Carencro Lake in Terrebonne Parish
Catahoula Lake
Lake Cataouatche
Lake Chicot in Evangeline Parish
Lake Claiborne
Clear Lake in Desoto Parish
Cocodrie Lake
Cotile Lake
Cross Lake in Caddo Parish
Cypress Lake
Lake De Cade in Terrebonne Parish
Dog Lake in Terrebonne Parish
Eagle Lake
False River: An (oxbow lake) in Pointe Coupee Parish
Lake Fausse Pointe
Lake Fields in Terrebonne Parish
Flat Lake
Grand Lake
Grassy Lake (Louisiana)
Indian Creek Reservoir
Jug Lake in Terrebonne Parish
John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish^[19]
Kincaid Reservoir
King Lake in Terrebonne Parish
Lac des Allemands
Lake Latt
Lost Lake
Lake Maurepas
Lake Mechant in Terrebonne Parish
Mountain Bayou Lake
Mud Lake
Nantachie Lake
Negro Lake
Raccourci Old River (oxbow lake)
Lake Pagie in Terrebonne Parish
Lake Palourde
Pelican Lake in Terrebonne Parish
Lake Peigneur
Lake Pontchartrain (largest water body within Louisiana, not a lake but a tidal estuary)
Poverty Point Reservoir
Lake Rodemacher in Rapides Parish
Sabine Lake (extends into Texas)
Saline Lake (with Chee Chee Bay in Winn Parish)
Lake Salvador
Six Mile Lake
Spanish Lake in St. Martin and Iberia Parishes
Toledo Bend Reservoir
Vernon lake
Lake Verret
White Lake

Maine

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Threemile Pond

Maryland

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Most lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly through dam construction.^[20]

Conowingo Reservoir
Deep Creek Lake (largest lake in Maryland)
Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake)
Liberty Reservoir
Loch Raven Reservoir
Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake (at 50 acres, the largest natural freshwater lake in the state.) ^[21]^[22]
Prettyboy Reservoir
Youghiogheny River Lake (extends into Pennsylvania)
Quarry Lake (one of the deepest lakes in the state of Maryland)

Massachusetts

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Lake Ashmere
Assawompset Pond
Lake Attitash
Lake Boon
Brooks Pond
Lake Buel
Cady Pond
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
Lake Cochichewick
Lake Cochituate
Lake Garfield
Great Herring Pond
Great Quittacas Pond
Houghton's Pond
Lewis Lake
Long Pond (Lakeville)
Mashpee Pond
Lake Massapoag
Lake Monomonac
Lake Onota
Pocksha Pond
Pontoosuc Lake
Prankers Pond
Quabbin Reservoir (largest lake in Massachusetts)
Lake Quannapowitt
Lake Quinsigamond
Lake Rico
Lake Sabbatia
Lake Saltonstall
Spring Pond
Tuxbury Pond
Wakeby Pond
Walden Pond
Watson Pond
Watuppa Ponds
Wenham Lake
Winnecunnet Pond
Lake Wyola
Greenwater pond^[23]

Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Arkabutla Lake
Lake Bill Waller
Enid Lake
Lake Ferguson
Gainesville Lake
Grenada Lake (largest lake in Mississippi)
Hickory Hills Lake
Marting Lake
Moon Lake
Ross Barnett Reservoir
Sardis Lake
Lake Tom Bailey
Lake Washington

Missouri

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Amarugia Lake
Atkinson Lake (Missouri)
Bean Lake
Big Lake
Bilby Ranch Lake
Binder Lake
Blind Pony Lake
Blue Springs Lake
Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Bushwacker Lake
Butterfly Lake
Cameron City Lakes
Che-Ru Lake
Lake Clare
Clearwater Lake
Cooley Lake
Cottontail Lake
Fellows Lake
Flight Lake
Forest Lake
Frisco Lake
Lake Girardeau
Halls Lake)
Henry Sever Lake
Hunnewell Lake
Indian Creek Lake
Kendzora Lake
Little Compton Lake
Little Dixie Lake
Little Prairie Community Lake
Longview Lake
Lower Taum Sauk Lake
Manito Lake
Maple Leaf Lake
Mark Twain Lake
Lake Maurer
McDaniel Lake
Miller Community Lake
Montrose Lake
Nodaway County Lake
Norfork Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Paho
Perry County Community Lake
Pomme de Terre Lake
Pony Express Lake
Ray County Community Lake
Riss Lake
Rocky Fork Lake
Sears Community Lake
Shawnee Mac Lakes
Sims Valley Community Lake
Smithville Lake
Lake Springfield
Lake St. Louis
Stockton Lake
Table Rock Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Lake Taneycomo
Thomas Hill Lake
Tri-City Lake
Truman Reservoir (largest lake in Missouri)
Upper Big Lake
Vandalia Lake
Lake Viking
Wappapello Lake
Lake Waukomis
Weatherby Lake
Williams Creek Lake
Wing Lake

Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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Angel Lake
Deep Creek Reservoir
Humboldt Sink
Lake Mead (extends into Arizona)
Pyramid Lake
Lake Tahoe (extends into California; largest lake in Nevada)
Walker Lake

New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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Alcyon Lake
Arrowhead Lake
Blue Hole
Budd Lake
Carasaljo Lake
Lake Carnegie
Deal Lake
Estling Lake
Green Pond
Greenwood Lake
Indian Lake
Longwood Lake
Lake Grinnell
Lake Hopatcong (largest lake in New Jersey)
Lake Lefferts
Makepeace Lake
Muckshaw Ponds
Lake Musconetcong
White Meadow Lake
Lake Rogerene
Lake Shawnee
Lake Tappan
Shepherd Lake
Spruce Run Lake

New Mexico

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Abiquiu Lake
Bluewater Lake
Bonito Lake
Brantley Lake
Caballo Lake
Clayton Lake
Conchas Lake
El Vado Lake
Elephant Butte Reservoir (largest lake in New Mexico)
Fenton Lake
Hackberry Lake
Heron Lake
Morphy Lake
Navajo Lake
Lake Roberts
Santa Cruz Lake
Santa Rosa Lake
Stinking Lake
Storrie Lake
Summer Lake
Ute Lake

New York

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North Carolina

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Badin Lake
Blewett Falls Lake
Lake Brandt
Lake Cammack
Chatuge Lake (extends into Georgia)
Falls Lake
Lake Gaston (extends into Virginia)
Graham-Mebane Lake (formerly Quaker Lake)
Lake Hickory
Lake Higgins
High Rock Lake
Hyco Lake
Lake James
Jordan Lake
Kerr Lake (extends into Virginia)
Lake Lure
Lake Mackintosh
Mayo Lake
Mountain Island Lake
Lake Norman (largest lake in North Carolina)
Price Lake
Randleman Lake
Reidsville Lake
Lake Tillery
Lake Townsend
Lake Toxaway
Tuckertown Lake
W. Kerr Scott Lake
White Lake
Lake Wylie
Lake Louise

North Dakota

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Lake Arthur
Alkali Lake
Lake Ashtabula
Court Lake
Lake Darling
Devils Lake
Harker Lake
Horsehead Lake
Long Lake
Lake Oahe
Rush Lake
Lake Sakakawea (largest lake in North Dakota)
Sweetwater Lake
Lake Tschida
Upper Harker Lake

Ohio

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Highlandtown Lake

Oklahoma

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Altus City Reservoir
Lake Altus-Lugert
American Horse Lake
Lake of the Arbuckles
Arcadia Lake
Ardmore City Lake
Atoka Lake
Bellcow Lake
Birch Lake
Lake Bixhoma
Black Kettle Lake
Bluestem Lake
Boomer Lake
Broken Bow Lake
Brushy Creek Reservoir
Lake Burtschi
Canton Lake
Carl Albert Lake
Carl Blackwell Lake
Lake Carl Etling
Lake Carlton
Carter Lake
Cedar Lake
Chandler Lake
Lake Checotah
Lake Chickasha
Chouteau Lock and Dam
Claremore Lake
Clayton Lake
Clear Creek Lake
Cleveland City Lake
Clinton Lake
Coalgate City Lake
Comanche Lake
Copan Lake
Cordell Reservoir
Crowder Lake
Cushing Municipal Lake
Lake Dahlgren
Dripping Springs Lake
Lake Durant
Lake El Reno
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Eucha
Foss Reservoir
Fort Cobb Reservoir
Fort Supply Lake
Fuqua Lake
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Great Salt Plains Lake
Greenleaf Lake
Guthrie Lake
Heyburn Lake
Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
Hulah Lake
Lake Jean Neustadt
Lake Jed Johnson
Keystone Lake
Konawa Reservoir
Lake Lawtonka
Liberty Lake
Lloyd Church Lake
McGee Creek Reservoir
Lake McMurtry
Mountain Lake
Lake Murray
Nanih Waiyah Lake
Oklahoma Lake
Okmulgee Lake
Lake Overholser
Ozzie Cobb Lake
Pauls Valley Lake
Pine Creek Lake
Lake R.C. Longmire
Raymond Gary Lake
Rock Creek Reservoir
Shawnee Twin Lakes
Skiatook Lake
Sooner Lake
Lake Spavinaw
Sportsman Lake
Lake Stanley Draper
Lake Talequah
Lake Thunderbird
Tom Steed Reservoir
W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam
Lake W. R. Holway
Waurika Lake
Lake Wayne Wallace
Webbers Falls Reservoir
Wes Watkins Reservoir
Wewoka Lake
Lake Wister
Lake Yahola

Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Fairview Lake

Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
Lake Bowen
Broadway Lake
Lake Craig
Lake Cunningham
Lake Greenwood
Lake Hartwell (extends into Georgia)
Lake Jocassee
Lake Keowee
Lake Marion (largest lake in South Carolina)
Lake Moultrie
Lake Murray
Lake Oak Grove
Lake Oliphant
Lake Ollenoy
Lake Rabon
Lake Robinson
Lake Russell
Saluda Lake
Lake Secession
Lake Strom Thurmond (also called Clarks Hill; extends into Georgia)
Lake Thicketty
Lake Tugalo (extends into Georgia)
Lake Warren
Lake Wateree
Lake Welchel
Lake Wylie

South Dakota

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Former Lakes of South Dakota

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Simpson Lake (South Dakota)

Tennessee

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Lake Barkley (extends into Kentucky)
Boone Lake
Calderwood Lake
Center Hill Lake
Cherokee Lake
Chickamauga Lake
Chilhowee Lake
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Davy Crockett Lake
Douglas Lake
Fort Loudoun Lake
Fort Patrick Henry Lake
Lake Graham
J. Percy Priest Lake
Kentucky Lake (extends into Kentucky)
Larry Collins Lake
Melton Hill Lake
Nickajack Lake
Norris Lake
Ocoee Lake
Old Hickory Lake
Reelfoot Lake
Tellico Lake
Tims Ford Lake
Watauga Lake
Watts Bar Lake (largest lake in Tennessee)
Wilbur Lake (Tennessee)

Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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Lake Alice
Bradley Lake
Emma Matilda Lake
Flaming Gorge Reservoir (extends into Utah)
Jackson Lake
Jenny Lake
Leigh Lake
Phelps Lake
Lake Solitude
String Lake
Taggart Lake
Two Ocean Lake
Yellowstone Lake (largest lake in Wyoming)

Other areas

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American Samoa

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District of Columbia

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Kingman Lake is a tidal estuary, not a lake

Guam

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Hagoi^[24]
Lagona Lake^[25]

Puerto Rico

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References

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^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Aliapaakai". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Salt Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Alieiki Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Green Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Wai a Pele". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Halalii Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Halulu Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Ka Loko Reservoir". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Kealia Pond". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Loe Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Loko Paakai". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Meyer Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Nonopapa Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Violet Lake". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Lake Waiau". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Lake Wilson". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
^ "Brush Lake". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
^ Black Bayou Reservoir (Louisiana)- Retrieved 2017-11-22
^ John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish, Louisiana- Retrieved 2017-11-22
^ Maryland.gov, "Maryland at a glance." Accessed December 3, 2018.
^ "Oxbow Nature Preserve Visitor's Guide" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^ Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks Department. Oxbow Lake Natural Area [1], retrieved January 13, 2021
^ "Greenwater Pond". Massachusetts Paddler. April 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of lakes of the United States
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: List of lakes of the United States

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