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.

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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.

More information Name, County(s) ...
Name County(s) Elev.
(ft)		 Area
(acres)		 Volume
(acre ft)		 Depth
(max)(ft)		 Outflow Basin Coordinates Notes Reference
Lake Chelan Chelan 1,102 33,000 15,800,000 1,486 Chelan River Columbia / Chelan 48°01′37″N 120°20′17″W [note 1] [1][2][3][4][5]
Lake Washington King 17 22,000 2,400,000 214 Lake Washington Ship Canal Lake Washington 47°37′19″N 122°15′22″W [note 2] [1][3][4][5]
Lake Ozette Clallam 33 7,400 960,000 331 Ozette River Ozette River 48°05′42″N 124°38′13″W [note 3] [1][3][6][5]
Moses Lake Grant 1,050 6,800 130,000 38 Crab Creek Columbia / Crab Creek 47°07′26″N 119°20′20″W [note 4] [1][3][6][5]
Osoyoos Lake Okanogan / B.C.‡ 911 5,800 270,000 208 Okanogan River Columbia / Okanogan 49°00′00″N 119°26′38″W [note 5] [1][7][3][5]
Lake Crescent Clallam 584 5,100 1,500,000 624 Lyre River Lyre River 48°03′36″N 123°49′41″W [note 6] [8][3][5]
Lake Whatcom Whatcom 312 4,900 770,000 328 Whatcom Creek Bellingham Bay 48°44′02″N 122°19′52″W [note 7] [1][3][6][4][5]
Lake Sammamish King 30 4,900 284,000 105 Sammamish River Lake Washington 47°35′38″N 122°05′53″W [1][6][4][5]
Cle Elum Lake Kittitas 2,227 4,800 520,000 260 Cle Elum River Columbia / Yakima 47°16′01″N 121°05′38″W [note 8] [1][9][5]
Baker Lake Whatcom 705 4,800 285,000 Baker River Skagit River 48°43′44″N 121°37′45″W [note 9] [10]
Kachess Lake Kittitas 2,258 4,500 550,000 410 Kachess River Columbia / Yakima 47°19′01″N 121°14′17″W [note 10] [1][3][5]
Lake Cushman Mason 739 4,010 115 Skokomish River 47°29′16″N 123°16′01″W [note 11] [11]
Lake Quinault Grays Harbor 186 3,550 496,000 240 Quinault River Quinault River 47°28′26″N 123°52′16″W [4][5]
Omak Lake Okanogan 958 3,250 700,000 325 None Columbia Basin 48°16′37″N 119°23′56″W [note 12] [1][3][6]
Keechelus Lake Kittitas 2,521 2,600 250,000 310 Yakima River Columbia / Yakima 47°19′37″N 121°21′07″W [note 13] [1][12][5]
Spirit Lake Skamania 3,440 2,600 212,000 110 North Fork Toutle River Columbia / Cowlitz 46°16′08″N 122°08′28″W [note 14] [13][14]
Lake Wenatchee Chelan 1,872 2,500 360,000 244 Wenatchee River Columbia / Wenatchee 47°49′23″N 120°46′41″W [1][15][6][5]
Lake Tapps Pierce 546 2,430 47,000 [16] 90 White River Puyallup River 47°12′50″N 122°10′08″W [note 15] [17][6][4][5][14]
Silver Lake Cowlitz 489 2,300 13,000 10 Outlet Creek Columbia / Cowlitz 46°17′24″N 122°47′56″W [note 16] [1][3][6][5]
Vancouver Lake Clark 8 2,300 6,900 15 Lake River Columbia Basin 45°40′26″N 122°43′05″W [3][4][5][14]
Rock Lake Whitman 1,728 2,200 380,000 350 Rock Creek Columbia / Snake 47°10′55″N 117°40′48″W [note 17] [1][18][3][6][4][5]
Palmer Lake Okanogan 1,150 2,100 110,000 79 Palmer Creek Columbia / Okanogan 48°53′35″N 119°37′08″W [3][6]
Twin Lakes Ferry 2,572 1,900 33,000 50 Stranger Creek Columbia Basin 48°16′34″N 118°22′48″W [note 18] [19]
Chester Morse Lake King 1,562 1,830 94,000 130 Cedar River Lake Washington 47°23′13″N 121°42′11″W [note 19] [3][6][14]
Sprague Lake Adams / Lincoln 1,882 1,800 19,000 20 Cow Creek Columbia / Snake 47°15′36″N 118°03′58″W [1][3][6][4]
Lenore Lake Grant 1,078 1,400 20,000 27 Soap Lake Columbia / Crab Creek 47°29′13″N 119°31′01″W [1][3][6][4]
Deer Lake Stevens 2,482 1,150 60,000 80 Sheep Creek Columbia / Colville 48°06′43″N 117°35′13″W [1][3][6][4][5]
American Lake Pierce 238 1,100 60,000 90 Sequalitchew Creek 47°07′30″N 122°33′43″W [1][3][6][4][5]
Loon Lake Stevens 2,385 1,100 51,000 105 Sheep Creek Columbia / Colville 48°02′42″N 117°37′19″W [1][20][6][4][5]
Newman Lake Spokane 2,130 1,100 23,000 30 Newman Lake Peat Dike 47°46′37″N 117°06′04″W [1][21][3][6][4][5]
Lake Stevens Snohomish 214 1,000 65,000 160 Catherine Creek Snohomish River 48°00′14″N 122°05′06″W [1][22][6][4]
Mason Lake Mason 197 1,000 49,000 90 Sherwood Creek Puget Sound 47°20′06″N 122°57′29″W [1][3][6][4][5]
Curlew Lake Ferry 2,354 920 40,000 130 Curlew Creek Columbia / Kettle 48°44′02″N 118°39′58″W [1][6][5]
Soap Lake Grant 1,074 850 29,000 95 None Columbia / Crab Creek 47°24′22″N 119°29′49″W [1][4]
Lake Cavanaugh Skagit 1,012 830 36,000 80 Lake Creek Stillaguamish River 48°19′16″N 122°00′36″W [1][3][6][4][5]
Lake Samish Whatcom 274 810 33,100 160 Friday Creek Bellingham Bay 48°39′54″N 122°23′06″W [1][6][4]
Coldwater Lake Cowlitz / Skamania 2,494 770 58,500 200 Coldwater Creek Columbia / Cowlitz 46°18′11″N 122°14′24″W [13][3][5]
Bead Lake Pend Oreille 2,833 720 77,000 180 None Columbia / Pend Oreille 48°17′53″N 117°06′47″W [1][23][3][6]
Liberty Lake Spokane 2,073 708 30 Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Columbia / Spokane 47°38′42″N 117°04′41″W [24][25]
Lake Union King 17 580 20,000 50 Fremont Cut Lake Washington 47°38′28″N 122°20′06″W [note 20] [1][26][5][14]
Buffalo Lake Okanogan 2,402 540 33,700 121 None Columbia Basin 48°03′50″N 118°53′17″W [1][3][6]
Lake Goodwin Snohomish 328 540 13,000 50 Tulalip Creek Puget Sound 48°08′31″N 122°17′46″W [1][27][6][4]
Summit Lake Thurston 459 510 28,000 100 Kennedy Creek Puget Sound 47°03′22″N 123°06′11″W [1][28][6][4]
Lake Kapowsin Pierce 585 510 8,300 29 Kapowsin Creek Puyallup River 46°58′23″N 122°13′37″W [1][29][6][4][14]
Lake Pleasant Clallam 397 500 16,000 50 Lake Creek to Sol Duc River Quillayute River 48°03′50″N 124°19′44″W [1][3][6][4]
Packwood Lake Lewis 2,857 450 28,000 120 Lake Creek Columbia / Cowlitz 46°35′13″N 121°33′29″W [1][30][6]
Walupt Lake Lewis 3,930 380 62,000 300 Walupt Creek Columbia / Cowlitz 46°25′01″N 121°27′47″W [1][3][6]
Lake Sutherland Clallam 528 360 21,000 86 Indian Creek Elwha River 48°04′44″N 123°42′54″W [1][31][3][6][4][5]
Lake Lawrence Thurston 429 330 4,400 26 Deschutes River Puget Sound 46°51′07″N 122°34′16″W [32][6][4]
Long Lake Thurston 160 310 3,900 21 Woodland Creek Puget Sound 47°01′12″N 122°46′30″W [3][6][4][14]
Conconully Lake Okanogan 2323 293 110 Salmon Creek Okanogan River 48°33′49″N 119°43′11″W [33]
Lacamas Lake Clark 182 290 7,500 65 Lacamas Creek Columbia / Washougal 45°37′01″N 122°25′34″W [note 21] [1][6][4][14]
Lake Sawyer King 498 286 58 Covington Creek Duwamish 47°19′59″N 122°02′16″W [3][34]
Nahwatzel Lake Mason 456 270 4,600 25 Outlet Creek -> Satsop River Chehalis River 47°14′31″N 123°19′59″W [1][6][4]
Capitol Lake Thurston 3 270 2,400 20 Budd Inlet Puget Sound 47°01′59″N 122°54′32″W [note 22] [1]
Lake Dorothy King 3,062 260 ca 15,000? 160 Miller River Snohomish River 47°34′48″N 121°23′10″W [1][35][6][14]
Green Lake King 164 250 3,400 30 Bef. 1916: Ravenna Creek Lake Washington 47°40′41″N 122°20′17″W [1][3][6][4]
Lake Easton Kittitas 2,184 205 4,000 85 Kachess River Columbia / Yakima 47°15′00″N 121°11′56″W [3][6][14]
Angeline Lake King 4,613 184 >20,000 412 Angeline Falls, Foss River Snohomish River 47°34′16″N 121°18′25″W [3][36]
Big Heart Lake King 4,549 176 >20,000 449 Big Heart Falls, Foss River Snohomish River 47°34′44″N 121°19′30″W [3][36]
Silver Lake Whatcom 6,768 162 ca 25,000? 522 Silver Creek Skagit River 48°59′17″N 121°13′55″W [37][14]
Blanca Lake Snohomish 3,976 160 25,000 250 Troublesome Creek Snohomish River 47°56′28″N 121°20′28″W [1][38][14]
Snow Lake King 4,019 153 16,500 400 Rock Creek Snoqualmie River 47°28′05″N 121°27′22″W [1][39]
Lake Meridian King 372 150 6,100 90 Big Soos Creek Duwamish River 47°21′47″N 122°09′11″W [1][3][6][4]
Lake Padden Whatcom 450 149 4,300 59 Padden Creek Bellingham Bay 48°42′11″N 122°27′14″W [1][4][3]
Gravelly Lake Pierce 220 147 6,000 57 None Chambers Creek 47°08′53″N 122°31′52″W [1][6][4][14]
Chopaka Lake Okanogan 2,911 140 3,700 73 Chopaka Creek Columbia / Okanogan 48°55′05″N 119°42′00″W [1][35][6][14]
Snoqualmie Lake King 3,151 130 ? ? Taylor River Snoqualmie River 47°34′01″N 121°24′47″W [40][14]
Berdeen Lake Whatcom 5,018 126 ca 10,000? 212 Berdeen Falls, Bacon Creek Skagit River 48°42′58″N 121°27′54″W [41][42]
Mowich Lake Pierce 4,929 120 ca 4,000? 90 Crater Creek Puyallup River 46°56′17″N 121°51′43″W [6]
Rattlesnake Lake King 911 108 2,700 54 None Lake Washington 47°25′48″N 121°46′30″W [1][3][6][4]
Angle Lake King 351 103 2,600 52 None Duwamish River 47°25′41″N 122°17′13″W [1][3][6][4]
Lake Ballinger Snohomish 282 101 1,500 35 McAleer Creek Lake Washington 47°46′55″N 122°19′37″W [1][3][6][4]
Horseshoe Lake Kitsap 273 41 30 Burley Creek Puget Sound 47°24′30″N 122°39′52″W [43]
Battle Ground Lake Clark 509 25 60 Salmon Creek Columbia / Salmon Creek 45°48′16″N 122°29′40″W [44]
Round Lake Clark Lacamas Creek Columbia / Washougal 45°36′07″N 122°24′11″W
Doubtful Lake Chelan 48.4740347°N 121.0476972°W / 48.4740347; -121.0476972
Dagger Lake Chelan 48.4681455°N 120.6551062°W / 48.4681455; -120.6551062
Howard Lake Chelan 48.388601°N 120.83345°W / 48.388601; -120.83345
Green View Lake Chelan 48.4682456°N 120.8936430°W / 48.4682456; -120.8936430
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Reservoirs

More information Name, County(s) ...
Name County(s) Coordinates Total storage (acre feet) Surface area
(acres)		 Max depth
(feet)		 Outflow
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Grant, Okanogan[45] 47°56′46.2″N 118°55′56″W[46] 9,386,000 [47] 79,400 [48] 400 Columbia River
Lake Umatilla Klickitat, Sherman (OR)†, Gilliam (OR)†, Morrow (OR)†, Benton, Umatilla (OR)† 45°43′32″N 120°12′44″W[49] 48,738 Columbia River
Riffe Lake Lewis 46°27′59″N 122°16′4″W[50] 1,686,300 [51] 11,830 360 Cowlitz River
Alder Lake Pierce, Thurston 46°46′15″N 122°16′20″W[52] 3065 290 Nisqually River
Ross Lake Whatcom, British Columbia‡ 48°52′6″N 121°1′47″W[53] 1,435,000 11,700 Skagit River
Lake Wallula Benton, Walla Walla, Umatilla (OR)† 45°57′17″N 119°3′53″W[54] 1,350,000 [48] 42,500 [48] Columbia River
Banks Lake Grant, Douglas 47°48′21″N 119°11′31″W[55] 1,275,000 [56] 26,877 [57] 177 [58]
Swift Reservoir Skamania 46°3′20″N 122°6′51″W[59] 755,600 [48] 4,585 [60] Lewis River
Wanapum Lake Kittitas, Grant 46°55′56″N 119°58′24″W[61] 669,700 [48] 14,590 [62] Columbia River
Rufus Woods Lake Douglas, Chelan 47°59′47″N 119°37′14″W[63] 590,199 [64] 7,800 [48] Columbia River
Lake Herbert G. West Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Franklin 46°34′18″N 118°31′6″W[65] 432,000 6,590 [66] Snake River
Merwin Lake Clark, Cowlitz 45°58′35″N 122°31′35″W[67] 416,000 [68] 3,836 [69] 190 Lewis River
Yale Lake Clark, Cowlitz 46°0′43″N 122°18′44″W[70] 401,760 [48] 3,612 Lewis River
Potholes Reservoir Grant 46°59′59″N 119°17′6″W[71] 332,200 [72] 27,800 [73]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Enhanced with a dam in 1927.
  2. [2]
    Excluding Lake Union and connected waters.
  3. [3]
    Largest unaltered lake in Washington State
  4. [4]
    Enhanced with dams in the early 1900s, 1928 and 1941 for irrigation purposes.
  5. [5]
    The Zosel Dam, when built in 1927, unintentionally influenced and now regulates Osoyoos Lake levels.
  6. [6]
    Most voluminous unaltered lake in Washington State
  7. [7]
    Enhanced with dams in 1937.
  8. [8]
    Enhanced with a dam in 1933 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 437,000 acre feet.
  9. [9]
    Enhanced with a dam in 1959.
  10. [10]
    Enhanced with a dam in 1912 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 239,000 acre feet.
  11. [11]
    Enhanced with a dam ca. 1924.
  12. [12]
    Saline lake.
  13. [13]
    Enhanced with a dam in 1917 for irrigation purposes. Active capacity is 158,000 acre feet.
  14. [14]
    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.
  15. [15]
    Natural lake that was diked in 1911. With islands the surface area is about 2,800 acres.
  16. [16]
    Natural lake, but dammed to prevent flooding.
  17. [17]
    Largest natural lake in South East Washington.
  18. [18]
    North and South Twin Lakes combined. Used as a reservoir for irrigation purposes since 1930.
  19. [19]
    Before it was expanded with the Masonry Dam in 1911, this lake was known as "Cedar Lake".
  20. [20]
    Surface area and volume exclude the 150 acre Portage Bay as well as the Fremont Cut and Salmon Bay.
  21. [21]
    Natural reservoir
  22. [22]
    Tidal flats and estuary dammed in 1951. Reduced from an original 320 acres surface area by sedimentation.

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