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Montana Lakes With Mountain Whitefish

73 counted Montana lakes list Mountain Whitefish in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks records. The largest is Flathead Lake at 122,132 acres.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Flathead Lake	Lake	122,132 acres	About 380 ft
2	Canyon Ferry Lake	Broadwater	32,773 acres	About 170 ft
3	Lake Koocanusa	Lincoln	28,723 acres	-
4	Hungry Horse Reservoir	Flathead	23,577 acres	-
5	Lake Elwell	Liberty	14,842 acres	About 150 ft
6	Hebgen Lake	Gallatin	12,564 acres	About 80 ft
7	Bighorn Lake	Big Horn	12,422.5 acres	About 440 ft
8	Noxon Reservoir	Sanders	7,592 acres	-
9	Lake McDonald	Flathead	6,867 acres	-
10	Clark Canyon Reservoir	Beaverhead	4,815 acres	About 91 ft
11	Ennis Lake	Madison	3,692 acres	-
12	Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,667 acres	-
13	Whitefish Lake	Flathead	3,315 acres	About 220 ft
14	Swan Lake	Lake	3,269 acres	About 120 ft
15	Bynum Reservoir	Teton	3,205 acres	-
16	Hauser Lake	Lewis and Clark	3,200 acres	About 65 ft
17	Cabinet Gorge Reservoir	Sanders	2,848 acres	-
18	Lake Helena	Lewis and Clark	2,073 acres	About 12 ft
19	Deadmans Basin Reservoir	Wheatland	1,954 acres	-
20	Bowman Lake	Flathead	1,722 acres	-
21	Kintla Lake	Flathead	1,665 acres	-
22	McGregor Lake	Flathead	1,522 acres	About 220 ft
23	Lake Sherburne	Glacier	1,368 acres	About 60 ft
24	Placid Lake	Missoula	1,212 acres	About 93 ft
25	Bull Lake	Lincoln	1,162 acres	About 60 ft
26	Logging Lake	Flathead	1,113 acres	-
27	Seeley Lake	Missoula	1,031 acres	About 120 ft
28	Thompson Falls Reservoir	Sanders	969 acres	-
29	Martinsdale Reservoir	Meagher	947 acres	-
30	Ruby River Reservoir	Madison	941 acres	-
31	Lake Como	Ravalli	911 acres	-
32	Quartz Lake	Flathead	869 acres	-
33	Lindbergh Lake	Missoula	815 acres	About 120 ft
34	Cooney Reservoir	Carbon	733 acres	-
35	Upper Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	695 acres	-
36	Salmon Lake	Missoula	631 acres	About 65 ft
37	Earthquake Lake	Madison	612 acres	About 120 ft
38	Cliff Lake	Madison	608 acres	-
39	Upper Stillwater Lake	Flathead	592 acres	-
40	Dickey Lake	Lincoln	585 acres	About 70 ft
41	Middle Thompson Lake	Lincoln	557 acres	About 160 ft
42	Holland Lake	Missoula	414 acres	About 140 ft
43	Harrison Lake	Flathead	391 acres	-
44	Lake Sutherlin	Meagher	377 acres	About 51 ft
45	Glen Lake	Lincoln	301 acres	About 30 ft
46	Lake Alva	Missoula	298 acres	About 90 ft
47	Lake Inez	Missoula	288 acres	About 72 ft
48	Glenns Lake	Glacier	262 acres	-
49	Lower Stillwater Lake	Flathead	250 acres	About 50 ft
50	Ackley Lake	Judith Basin	226 acres	About 39 ft
51	Loon Lake	Lincoln	222 acres	About 114 ft
52	Cosley Lake	Glacier	222 acres	-
53	Lower Thompson Lake	Lincoln	202 acres	About 140 ft
54	Lower Quartz Lake	Flathead	167 acres	-
55	Cyclone Lake	Flathead	140 acres	-
56	East Rosebud Lake	Carbon	139 acres	About 20 ft
57	Red Eagle Lake	Glacier	138 acres	-
58	Marl Lake	Lincoln	109 acres	-
59	Rogers Lake	Flathead	85 acres	-
60	Lake Marshall	Missoula	80 acres	About 56 ft
61	Stanton Lake	Flathead	79 acres	-
62	Smith Lake	Lewis and Clark	70 acres	-
63	Arrow Lake	Flathead	59 acres	-
64	Doctor Lake	Missoula	53 acres	-
65	Cerulean Lake	Flathead	50 acres	-
66	Middle Quartz Lake	Flathead	47 acres	-
67	Lincoln Lake	Flathead	35 acres	-
68	Emerald Lake	Stillwater	34 acres	-
69	Akokala Lake	Flathead	23 acres	-
70	West Rosebud Lake	Stillwater	20 acres	-
71	Shay Lake	Lake	17 acres	About 30 ft
72	Little Loon Lake	Lincoln	9 acres	About 35 ft
73	Greenough Lake	Carbon	2 acres	About 8 ft

Source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.