MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

WATERWAYS

LAKES

Lakes (by county)

Between the Eastern Shore and the Allegheny Mountains, over 100 lakes can be found in Maryland. Serving largely for recreation and reservoir, Maryland’s lakes today all were constructed.

[photo, New Germany Lake, Grantsville, Maryland]

With many Maryland lakes created as a result of dam construction, they vary greatly in size. The largest is Deep Creek Lake, which covers nearly 4,000 acres near Oakland, Garrett County. Deep Creek Lake water empowers a hydroelectric dam that has operated since 1925, but the Lake also affords boating for residents and vacationers alike.

New Germany Lake, Grantsville, Maryland, October 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Most Maryland lakes are much smaller than Deep Creek, many covering less than 50 acres. Lake Waterford, for example, in Pasadena (Anne Arundel County) covers only 12 acres in surface area.

No natural lakes survive in Maryland. Yet, evidence of old natural lakes has been found. One is Buckel’s Bog, along the Casselman River, near Grantsville, Garrett County. Geologic surveys show that in this area a lake covered 160 acres of western Maryland during the late Pleistocene Epoch, 19,000-14,000 years ago.

MARYLAND LAKES
(by county)

[photo, Plaque honoring Edward Habeeb at Lake Habeeb, known as Rocky Gap Lake, Rocky Gap State Park, Flintstone (Allegany County), Maryland]

ALLEGANY COUNTY

Lake Habeeb (also known as Rocky Gap Lake; within Rocky Gap State Park)

Plaque honoring Edward Habeeb at Lake Habeeb (known as Rocky Gap Lake), Rocky Gap State Park, Flintstone (Allegany County), Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Beverly Lake
Burba Lake
Elbow Lake
Heron Lake
Lake Allen

[photo, Lake Waterford Park, Pasadena (Anne Arundel County), Maryland]

Lake Claire

Lake Hillsmere

Lake Marion

Lake Ogleton

Lake Placid

Lake Waterford Park, Pasadena (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, November 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Canada geese, Lake Waterford Park, Pasadena (Anne Arundel County), Maryland]

Lake Waterford
Pleasant Lake
Ramsay Lake
Whitehurst Lake
Willow Lake

Canada geese, Lake Waterford Park, Pasadena (Anne Arundel County), Maryland, November 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Lake Montebello, Baltimore, Maryland]

BALTIMORE CITY

Druid Hill Lake (within Druid Hill Park)

Lake Ashbourton

Lake Montebello

Wash Water Lake

Lake Montebello, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

BALTIMORE COUNTY

Beaver Dam Lake
Lake Roland (formerly Robert E. Lee Park)
Quarry Lake

CALVERT COUNTY

Cove Lake
Drum Point Lake
Lake Charming
Lake Karylbrook
Lake Lariat
Lake Vista

CAROLINE COUNTY

Garland Lake
Smithville Lake (Smithville)
Tuckahoe Lake (within Tuckahoe State Park)
Williston Lake

CARROLL COUNTY

Cascade Lake
Lake Hashawha
Piney Run Lake (within Piney Run Park)

CHARLES COUNTY

Angler Lake
Dorchester Lake
Lambeth Hill Lake
Post Office Lake
Redwood Lake
Saint Paul's Lake
Trinity Lake
Wakefield Lake
Wheatley Lake (also known as Gilbert Run Lake; within Gilbert Run Park)

DORCHESTER COUNTY

Lake Chambers
Savanna Lake

FREDERICK COUNTY

Bennett Lake
Culler Lake
Cunningham Falls Lake (within Cunningham Falls State Park)
Echo Lake
Higgins Lake
Lake Jennifer
Lake Julien
Lake Keller
Lake Linganore
Lake Merle
Urbana Lake
Whittier Lake

GARRETT COUNTY
Over 11.5 miles in length, Deep Creek Lake covers approximately 3,900 acres, and is the largest inland body of water in Maryland.

[photo, New Germany Lake, Grantsville, Maryland]

Broadford Lake (Oakland)
Deep Creek Lake (located between Meadow Mountain, and Accident)
Herrington Lake (within Herringon Manor State Park)
Jennings Randolph Lake
New Germany Lake (within New Germany State Park)

New Germany Lake, Grantsville, Maryland, October 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

HARFORD COUNTY

Lake Aaron Straus

HOWARD COUNTY

Centennial Lake (Ellicott City)
Lake Elkhorn (Columbia)
Lake Kittamaqundi (Columbia)
Wilde Lake (Columbia)

KENT COUNTY

Fairlee Lake
Jones Lake
Mill Brook Lake
Urieville Lake

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Bullock Lake
Clopper Lake (within Seneca Creek State Park)
Gunners Lake
Inspiration Lake
Lake Bernard Frank (within Rock Creek Regional Park)
Lake Churchill
Lake Eisen
Lake Elysium
Lake Lynette
Lake Needwood (within Rock Creek Regional Park)
Lake Nirvana
Lake Placid
Lake Varuna
Lake Whetstone
Lake Wiles
Little Seneca Lake (Gaithersburg)
Maple Lake
Martin Luther King Lake (within Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park)
Pine Lake (within Wheaton Regional Park)
Three Sisters Lake

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

Cash Lake (Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel)
Greenbelt Lake (Greenbelt)
Lake Artemesia (Berwyn Heights)
Redington Lake (Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel)

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY

Jones Lake (Millington)
Lake Cardoza
Tuckahoe Lake (within Tuckahoe State Park)
Unicorn Lake (Millington)
Wye Mills Lake (Wye Mills)

ST. MARY'S COUNTY

Hollis Lake
Lake Conoy
St. Mary's Lake (within St. Mary’s River State Park)

TALBOT COUNTY

Ricky Lake

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Greenbrier Lake (within Greenbrier State Park)
Lake Jenkins
Lake Lanaham

[photo, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland]

Lake Royer
Lappans Lake
Lower Lake (within Hagerstown City Park)

Lower Lake near Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

WICOMICO COUNTY

Park Lake
Tony Tank Lake

WORCESTER COUNTY

Silver Lake

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