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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Idaho

Idaho's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 417 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Idaho; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 417 waters · 225,467 acres

  1. Lake Pend OreilleLake · Bonner County92,764 acres
  2. Coeur d'Alene LakeLake · Kootenai County26,892 acres
  3. Lake CascadeReservoir · Valley County25,043 acres
  4. Dworshak ReservoirReservoir · Clearwater County16,362 acres
  5. Palisades ReservoirReservoir · Bonneville County15,823 acres
  6. Island Park ReservoirReservoir · Fremont County7,550 acres
  7. Henrys LakeReservoir · Fremont County6,190 acres
  8. Payette LakeLake · Valley County5,075 acres
  9. Lake HaydenLake · Kootenai County3,858 acres
  10. Chatcolet LakeLake · Benewah County3,531 acres
  11. Spirit LakeLake · Kootenai County1,549 acres
  12. Redfish LakeLake · Custer County1,504 acres
  13. Little Payette LakeReservoir · Valley County1,443 acres
  14. Twin LakesReservoir · Kootenai County914 acres
  15. Cocolalla LakeLake · Bonner County815 acres
  16. Cave LakeLake · Kootenai County760 acres
  17. Lost Valley ReservoirReservoir · Adams County726 acres
  18. Swan LakeLake · Kootenai County669 acres
  19. Hauser LakeLake · Kootenai County604 acres
  20. Anderson LakeLake · Kootenai County503 acres
  21. Killarney LakeLake · Kootenai County502 acres
  22. Harrison SloughLake · Kootenai County493 acres
  23. Pettit LakeLake · Blaine County398 acres
  24. Thompson LakeReservoir · Kootenai County395 acres
  25. Black LakeReservoir · Kootenai County380 acres

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