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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Colorado

Colorado's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 874 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Colorado; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 874 waters · 43,293 acres

  1. Navajo ReservoirReservoir · Archuleta County15,363 acres
  2. Blue Mesa ReservoirReservoir · Gunnison County8,944 acres
  3. Ruedi ReservoirReservoir · Pitkin County1,031 acres
  4. Steamboat LakeReservoir · Routt County968 acres
  5. Cheesman LakeReservoir · Douglas County885 acres
  6. Lake CatamountReservoir · Routt County525 acres
  7. Gross ReservoirReservoir · Boulder County415 acres
  8. Crawford ReservoirReservoir · Delta County376 acres
  9. Gould ReservoirReservoir · Montrose County303 acres
  10. Base Line ReservoirReservoir · Boulder County261 acres
  11. Crystal ReservoirReservoir · Montrose County245 acres
  12. Rifle Gap ReservoirReservoir · Garfield County241 acres
  13. Overland ReservoirReservoir · Delta County238 acres
  14. Marshall LakeReservoir · Boulder County220 acres
  15. Grass Valley ReservoirReservoir · Garfield County201 acres
  16. Barker ReservoirReservoir · Boulder County198 acres
  17. Tarryall ReservoirReservoir · Park County189 acres
  18. Yamcolo ReservoirReservoir · Garfield County184 acres
  19. Red Dirt ReservoirReservoir · Grand County181 acres
  20. Wellington LakeReservoir · Jefferson County175 acres
  21. Pearl LakeReservoir · Routt County161 acres
  22. Ralston ReservoirReservoir · Jefferson County154 acres
  23. Hog LakeLake · Moffat County153 acres
  24. South Delaney LakeLake · Jackson County151 acres
  25. Island LakeReservoir · Delta County144 acres

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