What is the largest body of water in Wyoming?

Answer 1

The largest lake in Wyoming is Yellowstone Lake. Other large lakes in Wyoming include:

• Bradley Lake
• Emma Matilda Lake
• Flaming Gorge Reservoir (extends into Utah)
• Jackson Lake
• Jenny Lake
• Lake Alice
• Lake Solitude
• Leigh Lake
• Phelps Lake
• String Lake
• Taggart Lake
• Two Ocean Lake

Answer 2

The three largest lakes in Wyoming include:

1) Yellowstone Lake: Yellowstone Lake is 20 miles (32 km) long and 14 miles (23 km) wide at its greatest extent. The lake has a surface area of 132 square miles (342 square km), a shoreline of 141 miles (227 km), an average depth of 140 feet (43 metres), and a maximum depth variously given as about 390 or 410 feet (119 or 125 metres).

2) Fremont Lake: Fremont Lake is also the deepest body of water in Wyoming and the 7th deepest lake in the continental United States. The lake is 11 miles long and a half-mile wide, with 22 miles of shoreline, and reaches a depth of 607 feet.

3) Jackson Lake: Jackson Lake is up to 15 mi (24 km) long, 7 mi (11 km) wide and 438 ft (134 m) deep. The lake has a surface area of 39.91 square miles.

The three largest reservoirs in Wyoming include:

1) Flaming Gorge Reservoir: The Flaming Gorge's volume is 3,778,700 acre feet or 4.6610 cubic kilometers. Its surface area is 42,020 acres or 170 square kilometers.

2) Pathfinder Reservoir: Pathfinder Reservoir's volume is 1,070,000 acre feet or 1.3198 cubic kilometers.

3) Seminoe Reservoir: Seminoe Reservoir's volume is 1,017,276 acre feet or 1.2548 cubic kilometers.

Answer 3

Yellowstone Lake is the largest natural body of water in Wyoming.