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. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

Lakes

Allegheny Reservoir The Allegheny Reservoir (also known as Kinzua Lake and unofficially as Lake Perfidy) is a reservoir along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and New York, USA. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Kinzua Dam along the river. Lake Per ...

(also known as Kinzua Lake) * Antietam Lake * Aylesworth Creek Lake * Baylors Lake * Bear Lake * Beaver Lake * Beaver Run Reservoir * Beechwood Lake * Belmont Lake (Pennsylvania) *

Beltzville Lake Beltzville State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Franklin and Towamensing townships, Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park opened in 1972, and was developed around the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control proje ...

* Bessemer Lake * Black Moshannon Lake * Blacks Lake *

Blue Marsh Lake Blue Marsh Lake is an artificial lake located northwest of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District. It is in western Berks County, fed into by the Tulpehocken Creek (Pennsylvani ...

Bonin Lake Bonin may refer to: Places * Bonin, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Bonin, Choszczno County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) * Bonin, Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) * Bonin, Koszalin ...

* Bradford Reservoir * Briar Creek Reservoir * Canadohta Lake *

Canoe Creek Lake A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using a single-bladed paddle. In British English, the term ...

Canonsburg Lake Canonsburg Lake is a lake in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is an artificial lake formed by the waters of Little Chartiers Creek behind a long and high concrete dam. The dam was built in 1943 by Alcoa to create a freshwater reservoir for the Can ...

* Chambers Lake * Chapman Lake *

Churchville Reservoir Churchville reservoir is an man-made freshwater reservoir located in Bucks County, PA. It was created by damming the Mill Creek in 1942 to act as a reserve of municipal water. The reservoir is currently owned by the Aqua Pennsylvania and acts as a ...

* Clear Lake * Clearwater Lake *

Cloe Lake Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. T ...

Coatesville Reservoir Coatesville or Coatsville may refer to: * Coatesville, Indiana * Coatsville, Missouri * Coatesville, Pennsylvania Coatesville is a city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,350 at the 2020 census. Coatesville is ...

Colyer Lake Colyer is a small unincorporated community south of the borough of Centre Hall in central Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state sp ...

* Conemaugh River Lake *

Conneaut Lake Conneaut Lake is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by surface area. It is located in western Crawford County near a town with the same name. Its has a surface area of approximately 925 acres. The site of the lake is actually in adjace ...

Cowanesque Lake The Cowanesque River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Tioga River in Potter and Tioga counties, Pennsylvania, and Steuben County, ...

* Cowans Gap Lake * Cranberry Glade Lake * Crooked Creek Lake * Comminds Pond *

Curwensville Lake Curwensville Lake is a reservoirhttp://curwensvillelake.com/ located just to the south of the town of Curwensville, Pennsylvania. The lake was formed due to the construction of the Curwensville Dam to the north of the lake. Before the dam was ...

* Donegal Lake * Duke Lake * Duman Lake * Dunlap Creek Lake * Dutch Fork Lake * East Branch Clarion River Lake * Eaton Reservoir * Edinboro Lake * Eldridge Lake * Fairview Gravel Pits * Fords Lake * Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir * Frances Slocum Lake *

Fuller Lake Fuller Lake is the body of water with of surface area in the former Pine Grove Quarry in Cooke Township, Cumberland County, south-central Pennsylvania. It is within Pine Grove Furnace State Park and the Michaux State Forest, near the community o ...

* Glade Lake * Glade Run Lake *

Glendale Lake Prince Gallitzin State Park is a Pennsylvania state park with acreage in both Chest and White Townships in Cambria County of West Central Pennsylvania in the United States, near both Gallitzin Borough, & Gallitzin Township in the greater Alt ...

* Gouldsboro Lake * Green Lake * Green Lick Reservoir * Halfway Lake * Hamilton Lake *

Hammond Lake Hammond may refer to: People * Hammond Innes (1913–1998), English novelist * Hammond (surname) * Justice Hammond (disambiguation) Places Antarctica * Hammond Glacier, Antarctica Australia *Hammond, South Australia, a small settlement in Sout ...

* Harris Pond * Harveys Lake (Pennsylvania) * Hereford Manor Lakes * Highland Lake * High Point Lake * Hills Creek Lake * Holman Lake * Hopewell Lake * Howard Eaton Reservoir * Humboldt Reservoir *

Hunters Lake Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

* Justus Lake * Kaercher Creek Lake * Kahle Lake * Kelsey Creek Lake * Kettle Creek Reservoir * Keystone Lake (Armstrong County) * Keystone Lake (Westmoreland County) * Kingswood Lake Kinzua Lake (also known as Allegheny Reservoir) see ''

'' * Kinzua Pumped Storage Reservoir * Kooser Lake * Lackawanna Lake * Lake Aldred * Lake Arthur * Lake Augusta * Lake Bresci * Lake Canadohta * Lake Chillisquaque * Lake Clarke *

Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...

* Lake Frances * Lake Galena (Pennsylvania) (Peace valley Reservoir) *

Lake Gordon Lake Gordon is a man-made reservoir created by the Gordon Dam, located on the upper reaches of the Gordon River in the south-west region of Tasmania, Australia. Features The reservoir was formed in the early 1970s as a result of the dam const ...

* Lake Grubb *

Lake Jean Lake Jean is a lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County and Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, Sullivan County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately and is situated in Colley Township, Sullivan Coun ...

* Lake Koon * Lake Luxembourg * Lake LeBoeuf or LeBoeuf Lake * Lake Louise * Lake Manjo *

Lake Marburg A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Lake Muhlenberg Lake Muhlenberg (sometimes called Muhlenberg Lake) is a lake in Cedar Creek Park located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Overview The lake is so-named due to its proximity to Muhlenberg College, which was named for Henry Muhlenberg, the patriarch o ...

* Lake Nadine * Lake Nephawin * Lake Nessmuk *

Lake Nockamixon Lake Nockamixon is a reservoir in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States, and the largest lake in Bucks County. It is formed by a dam on Tohickon Creek and is the centerpiece of Nockamixon State Park. Swimming is not allowed in the lake, but bo ...

* Lake of the Meadows * Lake Ondawa * Lake Ontelaunee * Lake Pleasant * ((Lake Redman)) *

Lake Scranton Lake Scranton is an American reservoir that is located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, It has a running track which surrounds it. It is owned by the Pennsylvania American Water Company, which supplies the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania wit ...

* Lake Sheridan * Lake Towhee *

Lake Wallenpaupack Lake Wallenpaupack is a reservoir in Northeastern Pennsylvania. After Raystown Lake, it is the second-largest lake contained entirely in Pennsylvania. It comprises of shoreline, with a length of and a maximum depth of , and has a surface area in ...

* Lake Wesauking * Lake Wilhelm * Lake Winola * Laurel Hill Lake * Laurel Lake * Leaser Lake * Leisure Lakes * Levittown Lake * Lily Lake * Little Pine Lake (Pennsylvania) * Locust Lake * ((Long Arm Reservoir)) Adams County * ((Long Pine Run Reservoir)) Adams County * Long Pond (Lake Alden) * Lower Woods Pond * Loyalhanna Lake * Lyman Run Lake * Mahoning Creek Lake * Marsh Creek Lake *

Mauch Chunk Lake The Mauch Chunk Lake was originally built by a dam designed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in early 1972. Constructed as a 50-foot-high earthen dam 1,710 feet long and holds a 320-acre reservoir. It was officially opened in the su ...

* Meadow Grounds Lake * Memorial Lake * Mill Creek Reservoir * Miller Pond * Minsi Lake * Mitchell Lake * Mountain Springs Lake * Nessmuk Lake * North Lake * Number 2 Reservoir * Number 3 Reservoir * Number 5 Reservoir * Opossum Lake * Page Lake *

Panther Hollow Lake Panther Hollow Lake is a human-made lake in Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Watershed The lake serves as a catch basin for the Panther Hollow Watershed, which includes sections of Schenley Park and Squirrel Hill. It receives storm ...

Parker Lake Parker may refer to: Persons * Parker (given name) * Parker (surname) Places Place names in the United States *Parker, Arizona *Parker, Colorado * Parker, Florida * Parker, Idaho * Parker, Kansas * Parker, Missouri * Parker, North Carolina *Park ...

* Pinchot Lake * Pine Cradle Lake * Poe Lake * Promised Land Lake * Prompton Lake *

Pymatuning Reservoir Pymatuning Reservoir is a man-made lake in Crawford County, Pennsylvania and Ashtabula County, Ohio in the United States, on land that was once a very large swamp. Much of it is incorporated into two state parks: Pymatuning State Park in Pennsyl ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

) * Raccoon Lake *

Raystown Lake Raystown Lake is a reservoir in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest lake that is entirely within Pennsylvania. The original lake was built by the Simpson family of Huntingdon as a hydroelectric project. The current Raystown Lake ...

* Rose Valley Lake * Round Valley Reservoir * Sand Spring Lake * Sandy Lake * Scotts Run Lake * Shawnee Lake * Shenango River Lake * Smith Reservoir * Speedwell Forge Lake *

Springton Reservoir The Springton Reservoir (also known as Springton Lake or the Geist Reservoir) is a reservoir that is located in Delaware County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. History and notable features Created in 1931 when Crum Cree ...

Spruce Run Reservoir Spruce Run Recreation Area is a New Jersey state recreation area located in Union Township and Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It encompasses the Spruce Run Reservoir that is used as a backup reservoir to prot ...

* Starlight Lake * Stephen Foster Lake * Struble Lake * Sugar Lake * Susquehanna Lake * Sweet Arrow Lake *

Tamarack Lake Tamarack Lake is a lake in Mahnomen County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was named after a grove of tamarack, near the lake. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10 ...

* Tioga-Hammond Lakes * Tioga Reservoir * Tionesta Lake * Tobyhanna Lake * Trout Lake * Troy Reservoir * Tuscarora Lake * Twin Lakes * Union City Reservoir * Upper Woods Pond * Virgin Run Lake *

Walker Lake Several lakes are known as Walker Lake: Canada *Lake Walker in Quebec, Canada, the largest (by depth) lake in the province. United States

*Walker Lake (Haines, Alaska) *Walker Lake (Northwest Arctic, Alaska) *Walker Lake (Prince of Wales-Outer ...

* Whipple Dam Lake * Woodcock Creek Lake * Yellow Creek Lake * Yosets Lake *

Youghiogheny River Lake The Youghiogheny River Lake is a flood control reservoir in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland. The lake is a significant tourist attraction, bringing over one million visitors a year to the area. The lake was formed in 1944 by the dam ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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List of ponds in Pennsylvania

* Agnew Pond ( Bradford County) * Bayards Pond (Bradford County) * Beaver Meadow Pond (Bradford & Susquehanna counties) * Bert Jayne Pond (Bradford County) * Bird Pond (Bradford County) * Blakeslee Pond (Bradford County) * Brown Pond (Bradford County) * Browns Pond (

Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War: * Warren County, Georgia * Warren County, Illinois * Warren County ...

) * Cash Pond (Bradford County) * Cooks Pond (Bradford County) * Gulf Pond (Bradford County) * Haig Pond (Bradford County) * Holcomb Pond (Bradford County) * Little Pond (Bradford County) * McCloe Pond (Bradford County) * Miller Pond (Bradford County) * Mud Pond (Bradford County) * Saxe Pond (Bradford County) * Shores Pond (Bradford County) * Stacey Pond (Bradford County) * Stowell Pond (Bradford County) * Sunfish Pond (Bradford County) * Tauscher Pond ( Tioga County)

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Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

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