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Largest Lakes in Kentucky

Ranked by surface area, from USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake Cumberland	Wayne	50,607 acres	-
2	Lake Barkley	Trigg	49,076 acres	-
3	Barren River Lake	Barren	9,460 acres	-
4	Green River Lake	Adair	8,439 acres	-
5	Cave Run Lake	Rowan	8,099 acres	-
6	Nolin Lake	Edmonson	6,024 acres	-
7	Laurel River Lake	Laurel	5,963 acres	-
8	Rough River Lake	Breckinridge	5,035 acres	-
9	Taylorsville Lake	Spencer	2,941 acres	-
10	Herrington Lake	Garrard	2,848 acres	-
11	Yatesville Lake	Lawrence	2,295 acres	-
12	Brushy Pond	Ballard	1,903 acres	-
13	Paintsville Lake	Johnson	1,256 acres	-
14	Grayson Lake	Carter	1,218 acres	-
15	Buckhorn Lake	Perry	1,157 acres	-
16	Dewey Lake	Floyd	1,063 acres	-
17	Fishtrap Lake	Pike	1,038 acres	-
18	Lake Beshear	Caldwell	835 acres	-
19	Cedar Creek Lake	Lincoln	778 acres	-
20	Lake Malone	Logan	770 acres	-
21	Wood Creek Lake	Laurel	645 acres	-
22	Carr Fork Lake	Knott	547 acres	-
23	Lake Peewee	Hopkins	398 acres	-
24	Lake Linville	Rockcastle	368 acres	-
25	Doe Valley Lake	Meade	360 acres	-
26	Guist Creek Lake	Shelby	341 acres	-
27	Williamstown Lake	Grant	339 acres	-
28	Energy Lake	Trigg	326 acres	-
29	Martins Fork Lake	Harlan	316 acres	-
30	Spa Lake	Logan	241 acres	-
31	Kincaid Lake	Pendleton	236 acres	-
32	Cannon Creek Lake	Bell	224 acres	-
33	Honker Lake	Trigg	206 acres	-
34	Swan Pond	Ballard	199 acres	-
35	Lexington Reservoir Number 4	Fayette	191 acres	-
36	Herb Smith Lake	Harlan	186 acres	-
37	Greenbo Lake	Greenup	183 acres	-
38	Greenbrier Creek Reservoir	Montgomery	175 acres	-
39	Freeman Lake	Hardin	170 acres	-
40	Owsley Fork Reservoir	Madison	164 acres	-
41	Beaver Lake	Anderson	162 acres	-
42	Lake Herndon	Logan	161 acres	-
43	Campbell County Lake	Campbell	153 acres	-
44	Maple Lake	Crittenden	149 acres	-
45	Lake Number 9	Fulton	147 acres	-
46	Loch Mary Reservoir	Hopkins	147 acres	-
47	Sympson Lake	Nelson	143 acres	-
48	Lake Jericho	Henry	142 acres	-
49	Wilgreen Lake	Madison	138 acres	-
50	Lake Morris	Christian	137 acres	-
51	Hematite Lake	Trigg	135 acres	-
52	Shanty Hollow Lake	Warren	131 acres	-
53	Lake Boxley	Christian	129 acres	-
54	Fagan Branch Lake	Marion	128 acres	-
55	Elmer Davis Lake	Owen	121 acres	-
56	Willisburg Lake	Washington	120 acres	-
57	Bullock Pen Lake	Grant	119 acres	-
58	Lake Cannigo	Nicholas	116 acres	-
59	Shelby Lake	Shelby	116 acres	-
60	Minor Lake	Ballard	112 acres	-
61	Fern Lake	Bell	111 acres	-
62	Salem Lake	Larue	111 acres	-
63	Lake Vega	Madison	104 acres	-
64	McDougal Lake	Larue	99 acres	-
65	Taylor Lake	Butler	96 acres	-
66	Buck Creek Lake	Christian	95 acres	-
67	Lake Blythe	Christian	94 acres	-
68	Winchester Reservoir	Clark	94 acres	-
69	Boltz Lake	Grant	87 acres	-
70	Lake Reba	Madison	86 acres	-
71	Panbowl Lake	Breathitt	86 acres	-
72	Corinth Lake	Grant	83 acres	-
73	Lake Liberty	Casey	82 acres	-
74	Cap Mauzy Lake	Union	80 acres	-
75	Lake Hickman	Fayette	80 acres	-
76	Lower Douglas Lake	Hardin	80 acres	-
77	Beulah Lake	Jackson	76 acres	-
78	Crystal Lake	Oldham	72 acres	-
79	Caneyville Reservoir	Grayson	69 acres	-
80	Carpenters Lake	Daviess	69 acres	-
81	Corbin City Reservoir	Laurel	69 acres	-
82	Fish Lake	Carlisle	68 acres	-
83	Melody Lake	Nelson	67 acres	-
84	Lake Tandy	Christian	66 acres	-
85	Lake Fontaine	Fayette	65 acres	-
86	Clear Pond	Ballard	63 acres	-
87	Trailwood Lake	Franklin	63 acres	-
88	Campbellsville City Reservoir	Taylor	62 acres	-
89	Mc Neely Lake	Jefferson	62 acres	-
90	Walker Lake	Webster	62 acres	-
91	Turner Lake	Ballard	60 acres	-
92	Luzerne Lake	Muhlenberg	59 acres	-
93	Reformatory Lake	Oldham	58 acres	-
94	Forked Lake	Carlisle	57 acres	-
95	Pleasant View Lake	Hopkins	54 acres	-
96	Browns Lake	Hopkins	53 acres	-
97	Long Pond	Ballard	53 acres	-
98	Pennyrile Lake	Christian	52 acres	-
99	Mitchell Lake	Ballard	51 acres	-
100	First Lake	Ballard	50 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 160 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Kentucky page, for the full inventory.

Source: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.