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Largest Lakes in New Jersey

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 Hopatcong	Sussex	2,493.66 acres	-
2	Round Valley Reservoir	Hunterdon	2,272.23 acres	-
3	Wanaque Reservoir	Passaic	1,971.09 acres	-
4	Van Sciver Lake	Burlington	1,396.61 acres	-
5	Spruce Run Reservoir	Hunterdon	1,354.88 acres	-
6	Lake Tappan	Bergen	919.6 acres	-
7	Union Lake	Cumberland	865.19 acres	-
8	Boonton Reservoir	Morris	800.95 acres	-
9	Lake Mohawk	Sussex	759.11 acres	-
10	Oradell Reservoir	Bergen	708.31 acres	-
11	Ingersoll Reservoir	Warren	649.07 acres	-
12	Swimming River Reservoir	Monmouth	576.97 acres	-
13	Splitrock Reservoir	Morris	554.14 acres	-
14	Culvers Lake	Sussex	539.19 acres	-
15	Swartswood Lake	Sussex	521.04 acres	-
16	Monksville Reservoir	Passaic	511.92 acres	-
17	Green Pond	Morris	506.81 acres	-
18	Oak Ridge Reservoir	Morris	463.96 acres	-
19	Manor Lake	Burlington	441.33 acres	-
20	Point View Reservoir	Passaic	427.49 acres	-
21	Clinton Reservoir	Passaic	423.94 acres	-
22	Upper Greenwood Lake	Passaic	416.37 acres	-
23	Budd Lake	Morris	389.54 acres	-
24	Highland Lake	Sussex	328.48 acres	-
25	Charlotteburg Reservoir	Morris	325.98 acres	-
26	Lake Lenape	Atlantic	322.72 acres	-
27	Canistear Reservoir	Sussex	319.93 acres	-
28	Lake Musconetcong	Morris	315.09 acres	-
29	Makepeace Lake	Atlantic	313.08 acres	-
30	Mercer County Lake	Mercer	290.09 acres	-
31	Atlantic City Reservoir	Atlantic	289.61 acres	-
32	Echo Lake	Passaic	280.46 acres	-
33	Lake Owassa	Sussex	276.61 acres	-
34	Upper Yards Creek Reservoir	Warren	269.1 acres	-
35	Wawayanda Lake	Sussex	247.85 acres	-
36	Carnegie Lake	Mercer	243.89 acres	-
37	Lake Denmark	Morris	241.92 acres	-
38	Farrington Lake	Middlesex	221.41 acres	-
39	Canoe Brook Reservoir Number 1	Essex	204.16 acres	-
40	Cranberry Lake	Sussex	192.61 acres	-
41	Mount Hope Lake	Morris	188.29 acres	-
42	Pompton Lake	Passaic	185.08 acres	-
43	Paulins Kill Lake	Sussex	177.59 acres	-
44	Country Lake	Burlington	177.42 acres	-
45	Woodcliff Lake	Bergen	166.3 acres	-
46	Deal Lake	Monmouth	166.05 acres	-
47	Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir Number Three	Essex	161.61 acres	-
48	Cooper River Lake	Camden	161.11 acres	-
49	Lake Parsippany	Morris	155.92 acres	-
50	Kakeout Reservoir	Morris	148.13 acres	-
51	Pines Lake	Passaic	144.8 acres	-
52	Mirror Lake	Burlington	144.8 acres	-
53	Beaver Lake	Sussex	144.56 acres	-
54	Pinecliff Lake	Passaic	143.82 acres	-
55	Laurel Lake	Cumberland	143.68 acres	-
56	White Meadow Lake	Morris	143.32 acres	-
57	Stickle Pond	Morris	128.49 acres	-
58	Willow Grove Lake	Salem	123.52 acres	-
59	Glendola Reservoir	Monmouth	120.83 acres	-
60	Duhernal Lake	Middlesex	117.98 acres	-
61	Mountain Lake	Warren	116.63 acres	-
62	Oswego Lake	Burlington	116.63 acres	-
63	Lake Lackawanna	Sussex	115.28 acres	-
64	Cedar Pond	Passaic	114.9 acres	-
65	New Wawayanda Lake	Sussex	111.69 acres	-
66	Glen Wild Lake	Passaic	110.46 acres	-
67	Holiday Lake	Sussex	110.21 acres	-
68	Picatinny Lake	Morris	109.22 acres	-
69	Dunker Pond	Passaic	104.53 acres	-
70	Prospertown Lake	Ocean	104.53 acres	-
71	Fairview Lake	Sussex	102.55 acres	-
72	Atsion Lake	Burlington	99.83 acres	-
73	Malaga Lake	Gloucester	99.43 acres	-
74	Westons Mill Pond	Middlesex	98.6 acres	-
75	Lake Gerard	Sussex	96.42 acres	-
76	Franklin Lake	Passaic	95.88 acres	-
77	Ramapo Lake	Passaic	95.88 acres	-
78	Cedar Lake	Morris	92.91 acres	-
79	Cedar Grove Reservoir	Essex	92.42 acres	-
80	Wreck Pond	Monmouth	91.92 acres	-
81	Parvin Lake	Salem	91.88 acres	-
82	Indian Lake	Morris	91.43 acres	-
83	Kittatinny Lake	Sussex	90.69 acres	-
84	Newton Lake	Camden	90.44 acres	-
85	Lake Valhalla	Morris	90.19 acres	-
86	Sunset Lake	Cumberland	89.08 acres	-
87	Lake Manetta	Ocean	88.38 acres	-
88	Lebanon Lake	Burlington	87.48 acres	-
89	North Pond	Ocean	84.02 acres	-
90	Shadow Lake	Monmouth	84.02 acres	-
91	Little Swartswood Lake	Sussex	83.38 acres	-
92	Packanack Lake	Passaic	82.04 acres	-
93	Lake Shawnee	Morris	81.97 acres	-
94	Hanks Pond	Passaic	80.8 acres	-
95	Palatine Lake	Salem	80.25 acres	-
96	Lake Kemah	Sussex	79.82 acres	-
97	Middlesex Reservoir	Union	79.6 acres	-
98	Chatsworth Lake	Burlington	79.32 acres	-
99	Spruce Lake	Gloucester	78.92 acres	-
100	Taylortown Reservoir	Morris	78.82 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 295 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the New Jersey 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.