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List of Arizona lakes



 
 
This is a list of lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s and reservoirs
located in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
. Many of the lakes listed here contain game fish
Game fish

Game fish are fish pursued for sport by recreational anglers. They can be freshwater or marine fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, though increasingly anglers practise catch and release to improve fish populations....
 and are managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is tasked with conserving, enhancing, and restoring Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs....
. Some lakes may dry out or freeze out fish and will require seasonal restocking. Most lakes will not allow large motorboats.

Due to Arizona's dry climate, many of the lakes listed here are intermittent lakes and do not contain water throughout the entire year.


e are 18 lakes in the Urban lake system.






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This is a list of lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s and reservoirs
located in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
. Many of the lakes listed here contain game fish
Game fish

Game fish are fish pursued for sport by recreational anglers. They can be freshwater or marine fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, though increasingly anglers practise catch and release to improve fish populations....
 and are managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arizona Game and Fish Department

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is tasked with conserving, enhancing, and restoring Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through aggressive protection and management programs....
. Some lakes may dry out or freeze out fish and will require seasonal restocking. Most lakes will not allow large motorboats.

Due to Arizona's dry climate, many of the lakes listed here are intermittent lakes and do not contain water throughout the entire year.

List of Arizona lakes

  • Ackre Lake
    Ackre Lake

    Aker Lake is located in the White Mountains southwest of Alpine, Arizona off State Route 191. This lake is located in and administered by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest....
  • Alamo Lake
  • Apache Lake
    Apache Lake (Arizona)

    Apache Lake is one of four artificial reservoirs created along the Salt River in central Arizona as part of the Salt River Project. The lake is located near the Apache Trail about 65 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Arivaca Lake
    Arivaca Lake

    Arivaca Lake is located in southern Arizona, south of Tucson, Arizona. To get there take I-19 south, exit at Arivaca Amado and follow into the town of Arivaca....
  • Ashurst Lake
    Ashurst Lake

    Ashurst Lake is a small lake located on the Anderson Mesa southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. It is one of the few natural lakes in the state of Arizona, the bulk of which reside in the area....
  • Bartlett Lake
    Bartlett Lake (Arizona)

    Bartlett Lake is a man-made reservoir that was formed by the damming of the Verde River in the U.S. state of Arizona. Located just from downtown Phoenix, Arizona and northeast of Carefree, Arizona, in the Tonto National Forest....
  • Bear Canyon Lake
    Bear Canyon Lake

    Bear Canyon Lake is a lake built by Arizona Game and Fish Department for angling recreation. The facilities are maintained by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest division of the United States Department of Agriculture United States Forest Service....
  • Becker Lake
    Becker Lake

    Becker Lake is managed as a trophy trout lake. Located near Springerville, it also includes the Becker Wildlife Area, where wintering bald eagles can be spotted most years in nearby cottonwood trees....
  • Big Lake
  • Black Canyon Lake
    Black Canyon Lake

    Black Canyon Lake is a lake the Arizona Game and Fish Department built in the 1960s along the Mogollon Rim to provide water recreation opportunities for the public....
  • Blue Ridge Reservoir
    Blue Ridge Reservoir

    Blue Ridge Reservoir is located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona. The closest town Strawberry, Arizona is away. Blue Ridge Reservoir is one of the more scenic reservoirs in the area, with trees going down to the water line....
  • Bunch Reservoir
    Bunch Reservoir

    Bunch Reservoir is one of a trio of lakes on the Little Colorado River that provides trout fishing opportunities in and around the lovely town of Greer, Arizona....
  • Canyon Lake
    Canyon Lake (Arizona)

    Canyon Lake is one of four man-made reservoir that were formed by the damming of the Salt River in the U.S. state of Arizona.The lake was formed by the Mormon Flat Dam, which was completed in 1925 after two years of construction....
  • Carnero Lake
    Carnero Lake

    A shallow lake with a brief and colorful history, Carnero Lake can grow some big fish. Built in 1979, the lake quickly became popular with anglers, to the dismay of downstream water users....
  • Cataract Lake
    Cataract Lake (Arizona)

    Cataract Lake is located near Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Chevelon Canyon Lake
    Chevelon Canyon Lake

    Chevelon Canyon Lake is a small lake located in northern Arizona, about west of the city of Heber, Arizona. It is one in a series of small, canyon-bound lakes located on the Mogollon Rim, collectively referred to as the Rim Lakes....
  • Clear Creek Reservoir
    Clear Creek Reservoir

    Clear Creek Reservoir is located in the town of Winslow, Arizona which is in Navajo County....
  • Cluff Ranch Ponds
    Cluff Ranch Ponds

    Cluff Ranch Ponds are located in the base of north slope of the Pinaleno Mountains in southeastern Arizona. The town of Pima, Arizona is away, and the city of Safford, Arizona is away....
  • Coconino Reservoir
    Coconino Reservoir

    Coconino Reservoir is located near Flagstaff, Arizona in North Central Arizona and is just half mile south of Ashurst Lake. Recreational facilities are maintained under the authority of the Coconino National Forest....
  • Cibola Lake
  • Concho Lake
    Concho Lake

    LocationConcho Lake is located in the eastern Arizona grasslands at . It?s an irrigation reservoir situated in the town of Concho, on the east side of State Highway 61....
  • Crescent Lake
    Crescent Lake (Arizona)

    When conditions are right, usually in June, July and early August, the fishing action at Crescent Lake can rival that of its mighty neighbor to the south, Big Lake, Arizona....
  • Dankworth Pond
    Dankworth Pond

    Dankworth Pond is located south of Safford, Arizona in southeastern Arizona. On premises, there was a Hohokam Village recreation, but it had little information....
  • Deadhorse Lake
    Deadhorse Lake

    Deadhorse Lake is located near Clarkdale, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Dogtown Reservoir
    Dogtown Reservoir

    Dogtown Reservoir is located near Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona. Leaving Williams, Arizona take Fourth Street and turn left on Forest Service cindered road 140; follow signs to the lake....
  • Earl Park Lake
  • Fain Lake
    Fain Lake

    Fain Lake is located near Prescott Valley, Arizona in North Central Arizona. From I-17, travel west on SR 69 toward Prescott Valley, turn left on Glassford Hills road....
  • Fool Hollow Lake
    Fool Hollow Lake

    With a variety of fish species, Fool Hollow Lake offers something for everyone, from first-time anglers to seasoned veterans. Even though the lake has first-rate visitor amenities and is minutes from Show Low, Arizona, its craggy banks and beautiful vistas give visitors a feeling of seclusion....
  • Frye Mesa Reservoir
    Frye Mesa Reservoir

    Frye Mesa Reservoir is located in southeastern Arizona, southwest of Safford, Arizona in the Coronado National Forest....
  • Goldwater Lake
    Goldwater Lake

    Goldwater Lake is a reservoir formed by a dam on Goldwater Creek, located south of Prescott, Arizona in North Central Arizona. This lake is maintained by the ....
  • Granite Basin Lake
    Granite Basin Lake

    Granite Basin Lake is located about 15 minutes from Prescott, Arizona, in North Central Arizona.The_Raft_, a segment of the movie Creepshow 2, was filmed here....
  • Greasewood Lake
  • Hassayampa Lake
  • Lake Havasu
    Lake Havasu

    Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore....
  • Hawley Lake
  • Horseshoe Lake (Arizona)
    Horseshoe Lake (Arizona)

    Horseshoe Lake is a man-made reservoir that was formed by the Horseshoe Dam on the Verde River in the U.S. state of Arizona. This lake is located inside the Tonto National Forest, as such the facilities located here are managed by that authority....
  • Horsethief Basin Lake
    Horsethief Basin Lake

    Horsethief Basin Lake is located near Crown King, Arizona in central Arizona....
  • Hulsey Lake
    Hulsey Lake

    Small and exquisitely scenic, Hulsey Lake is an unexpected surprise to those who are on their way up to Escudilla Peak for the first time. To those in the know, it's an out of the way and beautiful little lake to fish....
  • Imperial Reservoir
    Imperial Reservoir

    The Imperial Reservoir is the reservoir formed behind Imperial Dam on the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley. The reservoir is south of Blythe, California, California-Quartzsite, Arizona, Arizona and north of Yuma, Arizona....
  • J. D. Dam Lake
    J. D. Dam Lake

    J. D. Dam Lake is located south and east of Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Kaibab Lake
    Kaibab Lake

    Kaibab Lake is located about northeast of Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Kinnikinick Lake
    Kinnikinick Lake

    Kinnikinick Lake is located south of Flagstaff, Arizona in North Central Arizona within the Coconino National Forest. With the San Francisco Peaks on the horizon, you can camp and fish in the tranquil outdoors....
  • Knoll Lake
  • Lake Havasu
    Lake Havasu

    Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore....
  • Lake Mead
    Lake Mead

    Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona....
  • Lake Mohave
    Lake Mohave

    Lake Mohave is a lake formed by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, which defines the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. The lake lies at an elevation of near Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, AZ, about downstream from Hoover Dam....
  • Lake Powell
    Lake Powell

    Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River , straddling the border between Utah and Arizona . It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet of water when full....
  • Lee Valley Lake
    Lee Valley Lake

    Loved by fly fishermen and breath-taking in its setting, Lee Valley Lake sparkles below the flanks of Mount Baldy . A beautiful lake year-round, Lee Valley is especially glorious in the fall when aspen are changing to their golden colors and elk can be heard bugling at dawn and dusk....
  • Long Lake
    Long Lake (Arizona)

    Long Lake is located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona. It is located southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. The facilities are maintained by Coconino National Forest division of the United States Department of Agriculture United States Forest Service....
  • Luna Lake
    Luna Lake, Arizona

    Luna Lake is a natural body of water that covers approximately of land. It is located about three miles southeast of Alpine, Arizona at the elevation of ....
  • Lyman Reservoir
    Lyman Reservoir

    The Lyman Reservoir is the largest lake in the region with great amenities and no boat motor restrictions. Lyman Lake State Park, is located in and administered by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, attracts anglers, as well as campers and water skiers year-round....
  • Lynx Lake
    Lynx Lake, Arizona

    Lynx Lake, Arizona, is a 55-acre reservoir located within Prescott National Forest, approximately east of Prescott, Arizona, in the Bradshaw Mountains....
  • Many Farms Lake
  • Martinez Lake
    Martinez Lake

    Martinez Lake is a lake in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona, just north of Yuma, Arizona on the Lower Colorado River . Its area is about , depending upon where its boundary with the Colorado River is taken to be....
  • Lower Lake Mary
    Lake Mary (Arizona)

    Lake Mary may refer to one of two reservoirs in northern Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. The name may also be used to refer to the two lakes as a whole....
  • Upper Lake Mary
    Lake Mary (Arizona)

    Lake Mary may refer to one of two reservoirs in northern Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. The name may also be used to refer to the two lakes as a whole....
  • McClelland Lake
    McClelland Lake

    McClelland Lake is located near Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Mchood (Clear Creek) Lake
  • Lake Mead
    Lake Mead

    Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona....
  • Mittry Lake
    Mittry Lake

    Mittry Lake is located in the southwest corner of Arizona, just north of Yuma, Arizona on the Lower Colorado River . Mittry Lake comprises about , with much of the shoreline covered with cattails and Typha....
  • Lake Mohave
    Lake Mohave

    Lake Mohave is a lake formed by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, which defines the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. The lake lies at an elevation of near Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, AZ, about downstream from Hoover Dam....
  • Mormon Lake
    Mormon Lake

    Mormon Lake is a shallow, intermittent lake located in northern Arizona. With an average depth of only the surface area of the lake is extremely volatile and fluctuates seasonally....
  • Nelson Reservoir
    Nelson Reservoir

    Anyone who's driven from Springerville, Arizona to Alpine, Arizona has seen Nelson Reservoir. A long and narrow lake, it follows the Nutrioso Creek Valley for nearly a mile....
  • Painted Rock Reservoir
    Painted Rock Reservoir, Arizona

    The Painted Rock Dam is an earthfill embankment dam located west of Gila Bend, Arizona, Arizona. It is primarily used for flood control purposes....
  • Parker Canyon Lake
    Parker Canyon Lake

    Parker Canyon Lake is located in southeastern Arizona, southwest of Sierra Vista, Arizona. To get there, travel East on I-10 from Tucson and turn right on SR 83....
  • Patagonia Lake
    Patagonia Lake

    Patagonia Lake is located south of Patagonia, Arizona, and northeast of Nogales, Arizona. The lake was created by damming Sonoita Creek. Facilities are maintained by Arizona State Parks ....
  • Pecks Lake
  • Peņa Blanca Lake
    Peņa Blanca Lake

    Pe?a Blanca Lake is a reservoir in Arizona, United States, located northwest of Nogales, Arizona. The facilities are maintained by Coronado National Forest division of the United States Department of Agriculture United States Forest Service....
  • Perkins Tank
    Perkins Tank

    Perkins Tank is located south of Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona within the acreage of Kaibab National Forest....
  • Picacho Reservoir
    Picacho Reservoir

    Picacho Reservoir is just south of Coolidge, Arizona in central Arizona. The reservoir was built in the 1920s as part of the San Carlos Irrigation Project....
  • Lake Pleasant Regional Park
    Lake Pleasant Regional Park

    Lake Pleasant Regional Park is a large outdoors recreation area straddling the Maricopa County and Yavapai County county border in Arizona. The park is located within the municipal boundaries of Peoria, Arizona and serves as a major recreation hub for the northwest Phoenix metropolitan area....
     (Lake Pleasant)
  • Lake Powell
    Lake Powell

    Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River , straddling the border between Utah and Arizona . It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet of water when full....
  • Rainbow Lake
  • Red Lake
    Red Lake (McKinley County, New Mexico)

    Red Lake is a lake located near Navajo, New Mexico, in the Red Valley, McKinley County, New Mexico, on the border to Arizona. The lake has a surface elevation of ....
    , on the border with New Mexico
  • Reservation Lake
  • Riggs Flat Lake
    Riggs Flat Lake

    Riggs Flat Lake is located on the top of the Pinaleno Mountains, southwest of Safford, Arizona. To get there use US highway 191 and turn southwest onto AZ Highway 366....
  • River Reservoir
    River Reservoir

    Originally built in 1896 on the Little Colorado River, River Reservoir is the largest and deepest of a trio of lakes collectively known as the Greer Lakes....
  • Rogers Lake
  • Roper Lake
    Roper Lake

    Roper Lake is located off US highway 191, south of Safford, Arizona. The facilities are maintained by Arizona State Parks ....
  • Rose Canyon Lake
    Rose Canyon Lake

    Rose Canyon Lake is located northeast of Tucson, Arizona, Arizona. To get there, take Tanque Verde Road east to the Catalina Highway, mile marker 17....
  • Russel Tank
    Russel Tank

    Russel Tank is located between Williams, Arizona and Tusayan, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Saguaro Lake
    Saguaro Lake, Arizona

    Saguaro Lake is the fourth reservoir on the Salt River formed by the Stewart Mountain Dam in the U.S. state of Arizona. The lake is off Arizona State Route 87, about halfway between Phoenix, Arizona and the ghost town, Sunflower, Arizona....
  • San Carlos Reservoir
  • San Carlos Lake
    San Carlos Lake

    San Carlos Lake was formed by the construction of the Coolidge Dam and is rimmed by of shoreline. The lake is located within the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, and is thus subject to tribal regulations....
  • Santa Fe Lake
    Santa Fe Lake

    Santa Fe Lake is located near Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • Scott Reservoir
    Scott Reservoir

    Built in 1928, Scott Reservoir is an irrigation impoundment on Porter Creek near Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona. The least developed of the "in town" lakes, trees surround Scott Reservoir, giving it a secluded feel....
  • Show Low Lake
  • Soldiers Annex Lake
    Soldiers Annex Lake

    Soldiers Annex Lake is located southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona in the state of Arizona. To get there, take FS Road 82. A sign on the left reads ?Soldier?s Annex? at .5 miles past the north boat ramp on Long Lake ....
  • Soldiers Lake
    Soldiers Lake

    Soldiers Lake is located southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona in the state of Arizona. To get there, drive south of Flagstaff on Forest Highway 3 ....
  • Stoneman Lake
  • Sullivan Lake
  • Sunrise Lake
  • Talkalai Lake
  • Tempe Town Lake
    Tempe Town Lake

    Tempe Town Lake is an artificial lake that occupies a portion of the often dry riverbed of the Salt River as it passes through the city of Tempe, Arizona just north of Tempe Butte....
  • Theodore Roosevelt Lake
    Theodore Roosevelt Lake

    Theodore Roosevelt Lake is a large artificial reservoir formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona as part of the Salt River Project ....
  • Threemile Lake
  • Topock Marsh
    Topock Marsh

    The Topock Marsh is one of the larger birding sites found in the Lower Colorado River Valley, found from south of Hoover Dam to the Colorado River Delta in Mohave County, Arizona....
  • Tremaine Lake
  • Tunnel Reservoir
    Tunnel Reservoir

    Tunnel Reservoir is an artificial lake and recreational area located in the White Mountains around the town of Greer, Arizona. This reservoir is one of three of lakes known as the Greer Lakes....
  • Watson Lake
    Watson Lake (Arizona)

    Watson Lake is one of two reservoirs at the Granite Dells, outside of Prescott, Arizona that was formed in the early 1900s when the Chino Valley Irrigation District built a dam on Granite Creek....
  • Whitehorse Lake
    Whitehorse Lake

    Whitehorse Lake is located southeast of Williams, Arizona in North Central Arizona....
  • White Lake
  • White Mountain Lake
  • Willcox Playa
  • Willow Creek Reservoir
  • Willow Springs Lake
  • Woodland Reservoir
    Woodland Reservoir (Arizona)

    Located in the heart of Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, Woodland Lake and the park surrounding it have been called the town's "Crown Jewel." In addition to trout fishing, the lake provides a host of other outdoor recreation opportunities, and is heavily used by residents and visitors alike....
  • Woods Canyon Lake
    Woods Canyon Lake

    Woods Canyon Lake is a small lake located in northern Arizona, about east of the city of Payson, Arizona. It is one in a series of small, canyon-bound lakes located on the Mogollon Rim, collectively referred to as the Rim Lakes....


Metropolitan Phoenix Urban Lakes

There are 18 lakes in the Urban lake system. Urban Lakes are stocked with sports fish seasonally.

  • Alvord Lake
    Alvord Lake (Arizona)

    Alvord Lake is an urban fishing lake located in Cesar Chavez Park in Laveen, Arizona, at the southwest corner of 35th Avenue and Baseline Road....
  • Canal
  • Chaparral Lake
    Chaparral Lake

    Chaparral Lake is located in Chaparral Park in west Scottsdale, Arizona, at the northeast corner of Hayden and Chaparral Roads....
  • Cortez Lake
    Cortez Lake

    Cortez Lake is located in Cortez Park in northwest Phoenix, Arizona, at the northeast corner of 35th Avenue and Dunlap Avenue....
  • Desert Breeze Lake
    Desert Breeze Lake

    Desert Breeze Lake is located in Desert Breeze Park in west Chandler, Arizona, southwest of Ray Road and McClintock Drive on Desert Breeze Boulevard....
  • Desert West
  • Encanto
    Encanto Park

    Geographic coordinate system: Encanto Park is a public park in central Phoenix, Arizona....
  • Kiwanis Lake
    Kiwanis Lake

    Kiwanis Lake is located in Kiwanis Community Park in central Tempe, Arizona, southwest of Baseline Road and Mill Avenue....
  • Papago Ponds
    Papago Park

    Papago Park is a Urban park of the cities of Phoenix, Arizona and Tempe, Arizona, United States of America. It has been designated as a Phoenix Points of Pride....
  • Red Mountain
  • Rio Vista
  • Riverview
  • Surprise Lake
    Surprise Lake

    Surprise Lake is located next to the the Surprise Lake Apartment complex, Washington, United States, on the Surprise Lake Apartments in the pacific northwest....
  • Water Ranch


Tucson Area Urban Lakes

  • Silverbell
  • Kennedy
  • Lakeside
  • Sahuarita


Town of Payson Urban Lake

  • Green Valley Lake
    Green Valley Lake (Arizona)

    Green Valley Lake is located in Payson, Arizona, Arizona. Green Valley Lake is a man made lake connected to two smaller lakes in Green Valley Park....


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