List of lakes of Washington

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This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

File:Uplake from the south shore Lake Chelan.jpg|Lake Chelan

File:Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.jpg|Lake Washington

File:Lake Crescent spring.jpg|Lake Crescent

Image:Palmer Lake in WA.jpg|Palmer Lake

File:Lake Quinault Mist.jpg|Lake Quinault

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Natural lakes

Currently included in this table are all natural and enhanced lakes with a surface area of more than 1,000 acres or a volume of more than 25,000 acre feet as well as smaller lakes (down to 100 acres) with a Wikipedia page.

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Name

!County(s)

!Elev.
(ft)

!data-sort-type="number"|Area
(acres)

!data-sort-type="number"|Volume
(acre ft)

!data-sort-type="number"|Depth
(max)(ft)

!Outflow

!Basin

!Coordinates

!Notes

!Reference

{{Hs|Chelan }} Lake Chelan

|Chelan

|align=right|1,102

|align=right|33,000

|align=right|15,800,000

|align=right|1,486

|Chelan River

|Columbia / Chelan

|{{coord|48.027

120.338|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Chelan }}

|Enhanced with a dam in 1927.

|Bortleson, G.C., Dion, N.P., McConnell, J.B., and Nelson, L.M. [http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/walakes/publications.htm Reconnaissance data on lakes in Washington], State of Washington, Department of Ecology Water-Supply Bulletin, No. 43, v. 1-7, 1976[https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/871.pdf Morphometry of Lake Chelan] at the Washington Dept. of Ecology websiteBahls, Kindberg, Wait & Glasgow [http://www.nwwatershed.org/pubs/lakesReport.pdf An assessment of error in state shoreline designation for lakes of Washington], 2006[http://www.lakelubbers.com/washington-largest-lakes-in-washington-acres-L58-C1/ Lakes in Washington] at lakelubbers.com

{{Hs|Washington }} Lake Washington

|King

|align=right|17

|align=right|22,000

|align=right|2,400,000

|align=right|214

|Lake Washington Ship Canal

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.622

122.256|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Washington }}

| Excluding Lake Union and connected waters.

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/ Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website]

Lake Ozette

|Clallam

|align=right|33

|align=right|7,400

|align=right|960,000

|align=right|331

|Ozette River

|Ozette River

|{{coord|48.095

124.637|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Ozette}}

|Largest unaltered lake in Washington State

|[http://northwestfishingreports.com/LakeIndex.aspx Lakes in Washington] at Northwest Fishing Report

Moses Lake

|Grant

|align=right|1,050

|align=right|6,800

|align=right|130,000

|align=right|38

|Crab Creek

|Columbia / Crab Creek

|{{coord|47.124

119.339|region:US_type:landmark|name=Moses Lake }}

|Enhanced with dams in the early 1900s, 1928 and 1941 for irrigation purposes.

|

Osoyoos Lake

|bgcolor="#FFE4C4"|Okanogan / B.C.

|align=right|911

|align=right|5,800

|align=right|270,000

|align=right|208

|Okanogan River

|Columbia / Okanogan

|{{coord|49

119.444|region:US_type:landmark|name=Osoyoos Lake}}

|The Zosel Dam, when built in 1927, unintentionally influenced and now regulates Osoyoos Lake levels.

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkosook1.html Osoyoos Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723092723/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkosook1.html |date=2015-07-23 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Crescent }} Lake Crescent

|Clallam

|align=right|584

|align=right|5,100

|align=right|1,500,000

|align=right|624

|Lyre River

|Lyre River

|{{coord|48.06

123.828|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Crescent }}

| Most voluminous unaltered lake in Washington State

|Ron Judd, [http://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/our-deep-lakes-incite-curiosity-and-conjure-legends/ Our deep lakes incite curiosity and conjure legends], Seattle Times, August 8, 2014

{{Hs|Whatcom}} Lake Whatcom

|Whatcom

|align=right|312

|align=right|4,900

|align=right|770,000

|align=right|328

|Whatcom Creek

|Bellingham Bay

|{{coord|48.734

122.331|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Whatcom}}

|Enhanced with dams in 1937.

|

{{Hs|Sammamish }} Lake Sammamish

|King

|align=right|30

|align=right|4,900

|align=right|284,000

|align=right|105

|Sammamish River

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.594

122.098|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Sammamish }}

|

|

Cle Elum Lake

|Kittitas

|align=right|2,227

|align=right|4,800

|align=right|520,000

|align=right|260

|Cle Elum River

|Columbia / Yakima

|{{coord|47.267

121.094|region:US_type:landmark|name=Cle Elum Lake }}

|Enhanced with a dam in 1933 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 437,000 acre feet.

|[http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Cle+Elum+Dam Cle Elum Dam] at the Bureau of Reclamation website.

Baker Lake

|Whatcom

|align=right|705

|align=right|4,800

|align=right|285,000

|align=right|

|Baker River

|Skagit River

|{{coord|48.765

121.542778|region:US_type:landmark|name=Baker Lake }}

|

|

Kachess Lake

|Kittitas

|align=right|2,258

|align=right|4,500

|align=right|550,000

|align=right|410

|Kachess River

|Columbia / Yakima

|{{coord|47.317

121.238|region:US_type:landmark|name=Kachess Lake }}

|Enhanced with a dam in 1912 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 239,000 acre feet.

|

Lake Cushman

|Mason

|739

|4,010

|

|115

|Skokomish River

|

|47°28′48″N 123°15′0″W

|

|

{{Hs|Quinault }} Lake Quinault

|Grays Harbor

|align=right|186

|align=right|3,550

|align=right|496,000

|align=right|240

|Quinault River

|Quinault River

|{{coord|47.474

123.871|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Quinault }}

|

|

Omak Lake

|Okanogan

|align=right|958

|align=right|3,250

|align=right|700,000

|align=right|325

|None

|Columbia Basin

|{{coord|48.277

119.399|region:US_type:landmark|name=Omak Lake}}

|Saline lake.

|

Keechelus Lake

|Kittitas

|align=right|2,521

|align=right|2,600

|align=right|250,000

|align=right|310

|Yakima River

|Columbia / Yakima

|{{coord|47.327

121.352|region:US_type:landmark|name=Keechelus Lake }}

|Enhanced with a dam in 1917 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 158,000 acre feet.

|[http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Keechelus+Dam Keechelus Dam] at the Bureau of Reclamation website.

Spirit Lake

|Skamania

|align=right|3,440

|align=right|2,600

|align=right|212,000

|align=right|110

|North Fork Toutle River

|Columbia / Cowlitz

|{{coord|46.269

122.141|region:US_type:landmark|name=Spirit Lake}}

|The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens relocated the lake 300 feet higher. A drainage tunnel was built to prevent a catastrophic breach of the new natural dam.

|Lucas and Weinheimer, [http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00942/wdfw00942.pdf Recovery of Fish Populations in Lakes Affected by the May 18, 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens], Washington Dept. of Fish and WildlifeConflicting surface area data resolved with [http://www.freemaptools.com/area-calculator.htm area calculator]

{{Hs|Wenatchee }} Lake Wenatchee

|Chelan

|align=right|1,872

|align=right|2,500

|align=right|360,000

|align=right|244

|Wenatchee River

|Columbia / Wenatchee

|{{coord|47.823

120.778|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Wenatchee }}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkpalok1.html Palmer Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723091845/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkpalok1.html |date=2015-07-23 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Tapps }} Lake Tapps

|Pierce

|align=right|546

|align=right|2,430

|align=right|47,000 Number represents usable storage (between 515 and 543 ft elevation); dead storage (and therefore volume) between 455 and 515 feet is unknown.

|align=right|90

|White River

|Puyallup River

|{{coord|47.214

122.169|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Tapps }}

|Natural lake that was diked in 1911. With islands the surface area is about 2,800 acres.

|Wells & Wells, [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott_Wells3/publication/268589037_CE-QUAL-W2_Water_Quality_and_Fish-Bioenergetics_Model_of_Chester_Morse_Lake_and_the_Cedar_River/links/5474b0660cf29afed60f926a.pdf?origin=publication_detail Water Quality and Fish-bioenergetics Model of Chester Morse Lake and the Cedar River], 2012

Silver Lake

|Cowlitz

|align=right|489

|align=right|2,300

|align=right|13,000

|align=right|10

|Outlet Creek

|Columbia / Cowlitz

|{{coord|46.29

122.799|region:US_type:landmark|name=Silver Lake}}

|Natural lake, but dammed to prevent flooding.

|

Vancouver Lake

|Clark

|align=right|8

|align=right|2,300

|align=right|6,900

|align=right|15

|Lake River

|Columbia Basin

|{{coord|45.674

122.718|region:US_type:landmark|name=Vancouver Lake }}

|

|

Rock Lake

|Whitman

|align=right|1,728

|align=right|2,200

|align=right|380,000

|align=right|350

|Rock Creek

|Columbia / Snake

|{{coord|47.182

117.68|region:US_type:landmark|name=Rock Lake }}

|Largest natural lake in South East Washington.

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lklengr1.html Lenore Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908101606/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lklengr1.html |date=2008-09-08 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

Palmer Lake

|Okanogan

|align=right|1,150

|align=right|2,100

|align=right|110,000

|align=right|79

|Palmer Creek

|Columbia / Okanogan

|{{coord|48.893

119.619|region:US_type:landmark|name=Palmer Lake}}

|

|

Twin Lakes

|Ferry

|align=right|2,572

|align=right|1,900

|align=right|33,000

|align=right|50

|Stranger Creek

|Columbia Basin

|{{coord|48.276

118.38|region:US_type:landmark|name=Twin Lakes}}

|North and South Twin Lakes combined. Used as a reservoir for irrigation purposes since 1930.

|[https://old-www.wsu.edu/cctfish/owhi.html Owhi Lake] at the Washington State University "Lakes of the Colville Reservation" website

Chester Morse Lake

|King

|align=right|1,562

|align=right|1,830

|align=right|94,000

|align=right|130

|Cedar River

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.387

121.703|region:US_type:landmark|name=Chester Morse Lake}}

|Before it was expanded with the Masonry Dam in 1911, this lake was known as "Cedar Lake".

|

Sprague Lake

|Adams / Lincoln

|align=right|1,882

|align=right|1,800

|align=right|19,000

|align=right|20

|Cow Creek

|Columbia / Snake

|{{coord|47.26

118.066|region:US_type:landmark|name=Sprague Lake}}

|

|

{{Hs|Lenore}} Lenore Lake

|Grant

|align=right|1,078

|align=right|1,400

|align=right|20,000

|align=right|27

|Soap Lake

|Columbia / Crab Creek

|{{coord|47.487

119.517|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lenore Lake}}

|

|

Deer Lake

|Stevens

|align=right|2,482

|align=right|1,150

|align=right|60,000

|align=right|80

|Sheep Creek

|Columbia / Colville

|{{coord|48.112

117.587|region:US_type:landmark|name=Deer Lake }}

|

|

American Lake

|Pierce

|align=right|238

|align=right|1,100

|align=right|60,000

|align=right|90

|Sequalitchew Creek|Sequalitchew Creek

|{{coord|47.125

122.562|region:US_type:landmark|name=American Lake }}

|

|

Loon Lake

|Stevens

|align=right|2,385

|align=right|1,100

|align=right|51,000

|align=right|105

|Sheep Creek

|Columbia / Colville

|{{coord|48.045

117.622|region:US_type:landmark|name=Loon Lake }}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkcurfe1.html Curlew Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730174719/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkcurfe1.html |date=2010-07-30 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

Newman Lake

|Spokane

|align=right|2,130

|align=right|1,100

|align=right|23,000

|align=right|30

|Newman Lake Peat Dike

|

|{{coord|47.777

117.101|region:US_type:landmark|name=Newman Lake}}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkmasma1.html Mason Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Stevens}} Lake Stevens

|Snohomish

|align=right|214

|align=right|1,000

|align=right|65,000

|align=right|160

|Catherine Creek

|Snohomish River

|{{coord|48.004

122.085|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Stevens}}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lksamwh1.html Lake Samish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723123628/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lksamwh1.html |date=2015-07-23 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

Mason Lake

|Mason

|align=right|197

|align=right|1,000

|align=right|49,000

|align=right|90

|Sherwood Creek

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|47.335

122.958|region:US_type:landmark|name=Mason Lake }}

|

|

Curlew Lake

|Ferry

|align=right|2,354

|align=right|920

|align=right|40,000

|align=right|130

|Curlew Creek

|Columbia / Kettle

|{{coord|48.734

118.666|region:US_type:landmark|name=Curlew Lake }}

|

|

Soap Lake

|Grant

|align=right|1,074

|align=right|850

|align=right|29,000

|align=right|95

|None

|Columbia / Crab Creek

|{{coord|47.406

119.497|region:US_type:landmark|name=Soap Lake}}

|

|

{{Hs|Cavanaugh }} Lake Cavanaugh

|Skagit

|align=right|1,012

|align=right|830

|align=right|36,000

|align=right|80

|Lake Creek

|Stillaguamish River

|{{coord|48.321

122.01|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Cavanaugh }}

|

|

{{Hs|Samish}} Lake Samish

|Whatcom

|align=right|274

|align=right|810

|align=right|33,100

|align=right|160

|Friday Creek

|Bellingham Bay

|{{coord|48.665

122.385|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Samish}}

|

|

Coldwater Lake

|Cowlitz / Skamania

|align=right|2,494

|align=right|770

|align=right|58,500

|align=right|200

|Coldwater Creek

|Columbia / Cowlitz

|{{coord|46.303

122.24|region:US_type:landmark|name=Coldwater Lake }}

|

|

Bead Lake

|Pend Oreille

|align=right|2,833

|align=right|720

|align=right|77,000

|align=right|180

|None

|Columbia / Pend Oreille

|{{coord|48.298

117.113|region:US_type:landmark|name=Bead Lake}}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lksumth1.html Summit Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

Liberty Lake

|Spokane

|align=right|2,073

|align=right|708

|align=right|

|align=right|30

|Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer

|Columbia / Spokane

|{{coord|47.645

117.078|region:US_type:landmark|name=Liberty Lake}}

|

|{{cite web |title=Summary Report Liberty Lake |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/gaz-record/1506148 |website=nationalmap.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=8 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=Liberty Lake Washington |url=https://www.iwac.us/protect-our-waters/inland-empire-lakes/liberty-lake-washington/ |website=iwac.us |publisher=Idaho Washington Aquifer Collaborative |access-date=8 October 2024}}

{{Hs|Union }} Lake Union

|King

|align=right|17

|align=right|580

|align=right|20,000

|align=right|50

|Fremont Cut

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.641

122.335|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Union }}

|Surface area and volume exclude the 150 acre Portage Bay as well as the Fremont Cut and Salmon Bay.

|[http://green2.kingcounty.gov/lakes/LakeUnion.aspx Lake Union] at kingcounty.gov

Buffalo Lake

|Okanogan

|align=right|2,402

|align=right|540

|align=right|33,700

|align=right|121

|None

|Columbia Basin

|{{coord|48.064

118.888|region:US_type:landmark|name=Buffalo Lake}}

|

|

{{Hs|Goodwin}} Lake Goodwin

|Snohomish

|align=right|328

|align=right|540

|align=right|13,000

|align=right|50

|Tulalip Creek

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|48.142

122.296|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Goodwin}}

|

|[http://www.energy-northwest.com/ourenergyprojects/packwood/Documents/FinalDrawdownReportJuly2007.pdf Packwood Lake Drawdown Study Report], 2007 (Table 4.1)

Summit Lake

|Thurston

|align=right|459

|align=right|510

|align=right|28,000

|align=right|100

|Kennedy Creek

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|47.056

123.103|region:US_type:landmark|name=Summit Lake}}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/fw_lakes/spsutcl1.pdf Lake Sutherland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233451/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/fw_lakes/spsutcl1.pdf |date=2015-09-23 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Kapowsin}} Lake Kapowsin

|Pierce

|align=right|585

|align=right|510

|align=right|8,300

|align=right|29

|Kapowsin Creek

|Puyallup River

|{{coord|46.973

122.227|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Kapowsin}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/1212 Walupt Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

{{Hs|Pleasant}} Lake Pleasant

|Clallam

|align=right|397

|align=right|500

|align=right|16,000

|align=right|50

|Lake Creek to Sol Duc River

|Quillayute River

|{{coord|48.064

124.329|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Pleasant }}

|

|

Packwood Lake

|Lewis

|align=right|2,857

|align=right|450

|align=right|28,000

|align=right|120

|Lake Creek

|Columbia / Cowlitz

|{{coord|46.587

121.558|region:US_type:landmark|name=Packwood Lake}}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lklonth1.html Long Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723082009/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lklonth1.html |date=2015-07-23 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Walupt}} Walupt Lake

|Lewis

|align=right|3,930

|align=right|380

|align=right|62,000

|align=right|300

|Walupt Creek

|Columbia / Cowlitz

|{{coord|46.417

121.463|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Walupt}}

|

|

{{Hs|Sutherland }} Lake Sutherland

|Clallam

|align=right|528

|align=right|360

|align=right|21,000

|align=right|86

|Indian Creek

|Elwha River

|{{coord|48.079

123.715|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Sutherland }}

|

|[http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lknahma1.html Nahwatzel Lake] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611144832/http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lknahma1.html |date=2015-06-11 }} at the Washington Dept. of Ecology website

{{Hs|Lawrence}} Lake Lawrence

|Thurston

|align=right|429

|align=right|330

|align=right|4,400

|align=right|26

|Deschutes River

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|46.852

122.571|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Lawrence}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/1170 Dorothy Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

Long Lake

|Thurston

|align=right|160

|align=right|310

|align=right|3,900

|align=right|21

|Woodland Creek

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|47.02

122.775|region:US_type:landmark|name=Long Lake}}

|

|

Conconully Lake

|Okanogan

|align=right|2323

|align=right|293

|align=right|

|align=right|110

|Salmon Creek

|Okanogan River

|{{coord|48.563477

119.719804|region:US_type:landmark|name=Conconully Lake}}

|

|{{cite web |url=https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/locations/lowland-lakes/conconully-lake |title=Conconully Lake |author= |date= |website=wdfw.wa.gov|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |access-date= 3 September 2023|quote=}}

Lacamas Lake

|Clark

|align=right|182

|align=right|290

|align=right|7,500

|align=right|65

|Lacamas Creek

|Columbia / Washougal

|{{coord|45.617

122.426|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lacamas Lake}}

|Natural reservoir

|

Lake Sawyer

|King

|align=right|498

|align=right|286

|align=right|

|align=right|58

|Covington Creek

|Duwamish

|{{coord| 47.333

122.0377|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Sawyer}}

|

|{{cite web| title=Lake Sawyer: King County, Washington | url=https://www.kingcounty.gov/services/environment/water-and-land/lakes/lakes-of-king-county/sawyer.aspx| accessdate=2019-07-24}}

Nahwatzel Lake

|Mason

|align=right|456

|align=right|270

|align=right|4,600

|align=right|25

|Outlet Creek -> Satsop River

|Chehalis River

|{{coord|47.242

123.333|region:US_type:landmark|name=Nahwatzel Lake}}

|

|

Capitol Lake

|Thurston

|align=right|3

|align=right|270

|align=right|2,400

|align=right|20

|Budd Inlet

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|47.033

122.909|region:US_type:landmark|name=Capitol Lake}}

|Tidal flats and estuary dammed in 1951. Reduced from an original 320 acres surface area by sedimentation.

|

{{Hs|Dorothy}} Lake Dorothy

|King

|align=right|3,062

|align=right|260

|align=right data-sort-value="15000"|ca 15,000?

|align=right|160

|Miller River

|Snohomish River

|{{coord|47.58

121.386|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Dorothy}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/stocking/675/ Chopaka Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

Green Lake

|King

|align=right|164

|align=right|250

|align=right|3,400

|align=right|30

|Bef. 1916: Ravenna Creek

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.678

122.338|region:US_type:landmark|name=Green Lake}}

|

|

{{Hs|Easton}} Lake Easton

|Kittitas

|align=right|2,184

|align=right|205

|align=right|4,000

|align=right|85

|Kachess River

|Columbia / Yakima

|{{coord|47.25

121.199|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Easton}}

|

|

Angeline Lake

|King

|align=right|4,613

|align=right|184

|align=right data-sort-value="24000"|>20,000

|align=right|412

|Angeline Falls, Foss River

|Snohomish River

|{{coord|47.571

121.307|region:US_type:landmark|name=Angeline Lake}}

|

|[http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16190 Deepest alpine lakes in Washington] at nwhikers.net

Big Heart Lake

|King

|align=right|4,549

|align=right|176

|align=right data-sort-value="24000"|>20,000

|align=right|449

|Big Heart Falls, Foss River

|Snohomish River

|{{coord|47.579

121.325|region:US_type:landmark|name=Big Heart Lake}}

|

|

Silver Lake

|Whatcom

|align=right|6,768

|align=right|162

|align=right data-sort-value="25000"|ca 25,000?

|align=right|522

|Silver Creek

|Skagit River

|{{coord|48.988

121.232|region:US_type:landmark|name=Silver Lake}}

|

|[https://books.google.com/books?id=kzY3AQAAMAAJ North Cascades National Park (N.P.), Mountain Lakes Fishery Management Plan], 2008 (p. 151)

Blanca Lake

|Snohomish

|align=right|3,976

|align=right|160

|align=right|25,000

|align=right|250

|Troublesome Creek

|Snohomish River

|{{coord|47.941

121.341|region:US_type:landmark|name=Blanca Lake}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/1107 Blanca Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

Snow Lake

|King

|align=right|4,019

|align=right|153

|align=right|16,500

|align=right|400

|Rock Creek

|Snoqualmie River

|{{coord|47.468

121.456|region:US_type:landmark|name=Snow Lake}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/1200 Snow Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

{{Hs|Meridian (Cow)}} Lake Meridian

|King

|align=right|372

|align=right|150

|align=right|6,100

|align=right|90

|Big Soos Creek

|Duwamish River

|{{coord|47.363

122.153|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Meridian}}

|

|

{{Hs|Padden}} Lake Padden

|Whatcom

|align=right|450

|align=right|149

|align=right|4,300

|align=right|59

|Padden Creek

|Bellingham Bay

|{{coord|48.703

122.454|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Padden}}

|

|

Gravelly Lake

|Pierce

|align=right|220

|align=right|147

|align=right|6,000

|align=right|57

|None

|Chambers Creek

|{{coord|47.148

122.531|region:US_type:landmark|name=Gravelly Lake}}

|

|

Chopaka Lake

|Okanogan

|align=right|2,911

|align=right|140

|align=right|3,700

|align=right|73

|Chopaka Creek

|Columbia / Okanogan

|{{coord|48.918

119.7|region:US_type:landmark|name=Chopaka Lake}}

|

|

Snoqualmie Lake

|King

|align=right|3,151

|align=right|130

|align=right data-sort-value="1,000"|?

|align=right data-sort-value="0"|?

|Taylor River

|Snoqualmie River

|{{coord|47.567

121.413|region:US_type:landmark|name=Snoqualmie Lake}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/1199 Snoqualmie Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.

Berdeen Lake

|Whatcom

|align=right|5,018

|align=right|126

|align=right data-sort-value="10000"|ca 10,000?

|align=right|212

|Berdeen Falls, Bacon Creek

|Skagit River

|{{coord|48.716

121.465|region:US_type:landmark|name=Berdeen Lake}}

|

|[http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/highlakes/stocking/1100/ Berdeen Lake] at the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife website.http://www.watrailblazers.org/issues/tb_eis_response_appendixB.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Mowich Lake

|Pierce

|align=right|4,929

|align=right|120

|align=right data-sort-value="4000"|ca 4,000?

|align=right|90

|Crater Creek

|Puyallup River

|{{coord|46.938

121.862|region:US_type:landmark|name=Mowich Lake}}

|

|

Rattlesnake Lake

|King

|align=right|911

|align=right|108

|align=right|2,700

|align=right|54

|None

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.43

121.775|region:US_type:landmark|name=Rattlesnake Lake}}

|

|

Angle Lake

|King

|align=right|351

|align=right|103

|align=right|2,600

|align=right|52

|None

|Duwamish River

|{{coord|47.428

122.287|region:US_type:landmark|name=Angle Lake}}

|

|

{{Hs|Ballinger}} Lake Ballinger

|Snohomish

|align=right|282

|align=right|101

|align=right|1,500

|align=right|35

|McAleer Creek

|Lake Washington

|{{coord|47.782

122.327|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Ballinger}}

|

|

Horseshoe Lake

|Kitsap

|align=right|273

|align=right|41

|align=right|

|align=right|30

|Burley Creek

|Puget Sound

|{{coord|47.408221

122.664339

|region:US_type:landmark|name=Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County, Washington)}}

|

|{{cite web |url=https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/locations/lowland-lakes/horseshoe-lake-kitsap |title=Horseshoe Lake (Kitsap County) |author= |date= |website=wdfw.wa.gov |publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |access-date=3 September 2023 |quote=}}

Battle Ground Lake

|Clark

|align=right|509

|align=right|25

|align=right|

|align=right|60

|Salmon Creek

|Columbia / Salmon Creek

|{{coord|45.80454

122.49447|region:US_type:landmark|name=Battle Ground Lake}}

|

|{{cite web |url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/727/ |title=Battle Ground Lake |work=Fishing and Shellfishing: Lowland Lakes |publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |access-date=February 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118050152/http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/727/ |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }}

Round Lake

|Clark

|

|

|

|

|Lacamas Creek

|Columbia / Washougal

|{{coord|45.6019904

122.4031767|region:US_type:landmark|name=Round Lake}}

|

|

Doubtful Lake

|Chelan

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Coord|48.4740347

121.0476972|display=}}

|

|

Dagger Lake

|Chelan

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Coord|48.4681455

120.6551062|display=}}

|

|

Howard Lake

|Chelan

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Coord|48.388601

120.83345|display=}}

|

|

Green View Lake

|Chelan

|

|

|

|

|

|

|{{Coord|48.4682456

120.8936430|display=}}

|

|

Reservoirs

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
Name

!County(s)

!Coordinates

!data-sort-type="number"|Total storage (acre feet)

!data-sort-type="number"|Surface area
(acres)

!data-sort-type="number"|Max depth
(feet)

!Outflow

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake

|Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Grant, Okanogan{{cite web|url=http://www.lrf.org/AboutLR/ALR-Geography.html|title=Geography and Community|accessdate=2014-04-10}}

|{{coord|47|56|46.2|N|118|55|56|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1534225|name=Franklin D Roosevelt Lake|entrydate=1992-12-31|accessdate=2014-04-10}}

|9,386,000 {{cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/pubs/factsheet.pdf|publisher=USBR|title=Grand Coulee Dam Statistics and Facts|year=2012|accessdate=2014-10-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509104244/http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/pubs/factsheet.pdf|archivedate=2008-05-09}}

|79,400 {{cite web|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1838/report.pdf|title=Reservoirs in the United States|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1966|accessdate=2014-12-20}}

|400

|Columbia River

Lake Umatilla

|bgcolor="#FFF8DC"|Klickitat, Sherman (OR){{dagger}}, Gilliam (OR){{dagger}}, Morrow (OR){{dagger}}, Benton, Umatilla (OR){{dagger}}

|{{coord|45|43|32|N|120|12|44|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Umatilla}}{{cite gnis|id=1513298|name=Lake Umatilla|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|

|48,738

|

|Columbia River

Riffe Lake

|Lewis

|{{coord|46|27|59|N|122|16|4|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Riffe Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1528606|name=Riffe Lake|entrydate=1990-07-01|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|1,686,300 {{cite web|url=http://wa.water.usgs.gov/data/realtime/adr/2004/14234800.2004.sw.pdf|title=Cowlitz River Basin|publisher=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|11,830

|360

|Cowlitz River

Alder Lake

|Pierce, Thurston

|{{coord|46|46|15|N|122|16|20|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Alder Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1515791|name=Alder Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2016-09-06}}

|

|3065

|290

|Nisqually River

Ross Lake

|bgcolor="#FFE4C4"|Whatcom, British Columbia{{double dagger}}

|{{coord|48|52|6|N|121|1|47|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Ross Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1525222|name=Ross Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|1,435,000

|11,700

|

|Skagit River

Lake Wallula

|bgcolor="#FFF8DC"|Benton, Walla Walla, Umatilla (OR){{dagger}}

|{{coord|45|57|17|N|119|3|53|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Wallula}}{{cite gnis|id=1513411|name=Lake Wallula|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-10}}

|1,350,000

|42,500

|

|Columbia River

Banks Lake

|Grant, Douglas

|{{coord|47|48|21|N|119|11|31|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Banks Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1513891|name=Banks Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|1,275,000 {{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/dams/columbia_basin/sec2.htm|title=The Story of the Columbia Basin Project|publisher=National Park Service|date=2008-02-01|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|26,877 {{cite web|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/regions/region2/2014_warmwater_fishing_opportunities.pdf|title=Warmwater Fishing Opportunitues in Central Washington 2014-15|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|177 {{cite web|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00270/wdfw00270.pdf|title=Banks Lake Fish Survey, September 2000|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|date=July 2004|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|

Swift Reservoir

|Skamania

|{{coord|46|3|20|N|122|6|51|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Swift Reservoir}}{{cite gnis|id=1526865|name=Swift Reservoir|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|755,600

|4,585 {{cite web|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/555/|title=Swift Reservoir|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|

|Lewis River

Wanapum Lake

|Kittitas, Grant

|{{coord|46|55|56|N|119|58|24|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Wanapum Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1509280|name=Wanapum Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|669,700

|14,590 {{cite web|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1130/pdf/ofr20121130.pdf|title=Assessing Native and Introduced Fish Predation on Migrating Juvenile Salmon|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|date=2012-11-30|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|

|Columbia River

Rufus Woods Lake

|Douglas, Chelan

|{{coord|47|59|47|N|119|37|14|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Rufus Woods Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1507959|name=Rufus Woods Lake|entrydate=1992-12-31|accessdate=2014-04-14}}

|590,199 {{cite web|url=http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Portals/27/docs/waterquality/Older%20WQ%20Documents/ChiefJoeSedimentReport061809FINAL.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218054730/http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Portals/27/docs/waterquality/Older%20WQ%20Documents/ChiefJoeSedimentReport061809FINAL.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2013| title=Sediment Quality Assessment of Lake Rufus Woods and Chief Joseph Dam, 2004|publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers|date=June 2009|accessdate=2014-04-14}}

|7,800

|

|Columbia River

Lake Herbert G. West

|Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Franklin

|{{coord|46|34|18|N|118|31|6|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Lake Herbert G. West}}{{cite gnis|id=1531463|name=Lake Herbert G. West|entrydate=1992-12-31|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|432,000

|6,590 {{cite web|url=https://www.nww.usace.army.mil/Locations/District-Locks-and-Dams/Lower-Monumental-Lock-and-Dam/|title=Lower Monumental Lock and Dam|publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers|access-date=2014-04-11}}

|

|Snake River

Merwin Lake

|Clark, Cowlitz

|{{coord|45|58|35|N|122|31|35|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Merwin Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1523015|name=Merwin Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|416,000 {{cite web|url=http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/lakes/wq/docs/lkmercl1.html|title=Merwin Lake -- Clark County: 1995|publisher=State of Washington Department of Ecology|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|3,836 {{cite web|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/735/|title=Lake Merwin|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|year=2014|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|190

|Lewis River

Yale Lake

|Clark, Cowlitz

|{{coord|46|0|43|N|122|18|44|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Yale Lake}}{{cite gnis|id=1528347|name=Yale Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-15}}

|401,760

|3,612

|

|Lewis River

Potholes Reservoir

|Grant

|{{coord|46|59|59|N|119|17|6|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Potholes Reservoir}}{{cite gnis|id=1513187|name=Banks Lake|entrydate=1979-09-10|accessdate=2014-04-11}}

|332,200 {{cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=O%60Sullivan+Dam|title=O'Sullivan Dam Details|publisher=USBR|date=2012-05-17|accessdate=2014-04-11|archive-date=2013-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306084555/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=O%60Sullivan+Dam|url-status=dead}}

|27,800 {{cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Columbia+Basin+Project|title=Columbia Basin Project Details|publisher=USBR|date=2013-12-04|accessdate=2014-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215125327/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Columbia%20Basin%20Project|archive-date=2015-02-15|url-status=dead}}

|

|

class="wikitable
Key
bgcolor="#FFF8DC"|{{dagger}} denotes that body of water crosses state border
bgcolor="#FFE4C4"|{{double dagger}} denotes that body of water crosses international border

See also

Notes

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References

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