Lakes in Illinois, United States

Located fifty miles east of St. Louis, Carlyle Lake offers the peaceful retreat of a small town combined with the grandeur of Illinois' largest man-made lake. With 26,000 acres of water and 13,000 acres of surrounding public land, Carlyle Lake offers diverse recreational opportunities and is the perfect scenic getaway for millions of visitors ea...

        Area: 26,000 Acres     

Rend Lake is a 13 miles-long, 3 miles-wide southern Illinois reservoir in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near Benton, Illinois. The lake contains 18,900 acres of water, stores 185,000 acre feet of water, and supplies over 15 million gallons of water per day to 300,000 persons in over 60 communities. The reservoir is up to 35 feet deep, but its ave...

    Full Pool: 405.0 MSL     Area: 18,900 Acres     

Lake Shelbyville is a reservoir located in Shelby County, Illinois and Moultrie County, Illinois created by damming the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville, Illinois. The lake's normal surface pool is 11,100 acres (44.9 km2) at an elevation of 183 meters (600.4 ft). The area that surrounds the lake is the Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area. The la...

        Area: 11,000 Acres