Lakes / Louisiana / Tangipahoa County / Chappepeela Lake

Chappepeela Lake, Louisiana

52.39 acres

Surface Area

Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes

Locator - Louisiana

30.62 degrees N, 90.34 degrees W - Tangipahoa County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.

How Chappepeela Lake Stacks Up

Larger than 18% of the 664 lakes counted in Louisiana.
The largest lake in Tangipahoa County among those counted.
About 49 miles from New Orleans, as the crow flies.

Lakes Nearby

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area
Spring Creek Lake	Tangipahoa	2.0 mi	30.64 acres
Lake Ramsay	St. Tammany	11 mi	358.97 acres
Goodyears Pond	St. Tammany	23 mi	137.48 acres
Lake Maurepas	Livingston	27 mi	58,308.4 acres
Bayou Des Mats	St. Tammany	31 mi	1,614.46 acres
Becky Lake	St. Tammany	32 mi	46.27 acres

Straight-line distance between lake centers.

Facts and Figures

Waterbody ID149390424

CountyTangipahoa

Coordinates30.6183, -90.3373

Deepest Natural Lakes in Louisiana

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	False River	Pointe Coupee	3,212 acres	65 ft
2	Vernon Lake	Vernon	6 acres	53 ft
3	Lake Concordia	Concordia	1,026 acres	50 ft
4	Caney Creek Reservoir	Jackson	4,738 acres	43 ft
5	Lake Providence	East Carroll	1,380 acres	37 ft

All 27 Louisiana lakes ranked by depth

Largest Lakes in Louisiana

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake Pontchartrain	Jefferson	407,803.25 acres	-
2	Toledo Bend Reservoir	Sabine	181,600 acres	110 ft
3	Lake Maurepas	Livingston	58,308.4 acres	-
4	Sabine Lake	Cameron	56,867.74 acres	-
5	White Lake	Vermilion	55,913.91 acres	-

All 664 Louisiana lakes ranked by surface area

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (The National Map) lake data (ID 149390424). Verified October 30, 2026.