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Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline, discluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. The largest man-made lake is Petenwell Lake, which was created by damming the Wisconsin River. Vilas County has the most lakes (1,318) and Brown and Outagamie counties the fewest (4).
Within Wisconsin, Lakes Superior and Michigan total 6.4 million acres (26,000 km 2). [37] Along the two great lakes, Wisconsin has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. [38] Lake Winnebago is the largest inland lake, totaling over 137,700 acres (557 km 2), and 88 miles (142 km) of shoreline.
Lake Winnebago ( Menominee: Wenepekōw Nepēhsæh, [ 1] Ojibwe: Wiinibiigoo-zaaga'igan, Oneida: kanyataláheleˀ[ 2]) is a shallow freshwater lake in the north central United States, located in east central Wisconsin. At 137,700 acres, it is the largest lake entirely within the state, [ 3] covering an area of about 30 miles by 10 miles with 88 ...
Geneva Lake. / 42.5650111°N 88.5037500°W / 42.5650111; -88.5037500. Geneva Lake ( Potawatomi: Kishwauketoe 'Clear Water') [ 2] is a body of freshwater in Walworth County in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [ 3] On its shores are the city of Lake Geneva and the villages of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake and Williams Bay.
Lake Mendota. / 43.10667°N 89.42472°W / 43.10667; -89.42472. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Mendota is a freshwater eutrophic lake that is the northernmost and largest of the four lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. [ 2] The lake borders Madison on the north, east, and south, Middleton on the west, Shorewood Hills on the ...
about 774 ft (236 m) Lake Wisconsin is a reservoir on the Wisconsin River in southern Wisconsin in the United States. It is located in Columbia and Sauk counties, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Baraboo and 25 miles (40 km) NNW of Madison. Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA.
List of lakes of Vilas County, Wisconsin. Vilas County has more lakes than any other county in Wisconsin, [ 1] with 563 named and 755 unnamed lakes covering 93,889 acres. Lac Vieux Desert near Phelps, at 4017 acres, is the largest. Named lakes are listed below. Alternate names are indicated in parentheses.
Siskiwit Lake (Wisconsin) Skunk Lake. South Twin Lake (Wisconsin) Sparkling Lake (Wisconsin) Spirit Lake (Price County, Wisconsin) Spring Lake (Waushara County, Wisconsin) Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin) Steele Lake (Wisconsin) Straight Lake State Park.