Largest by surface area
Lake Wawasee is in a class of its own — nearly four times the size of the next lake on the list.
- 01Lake Wawasee3,006 acres · Turkey Creek Township, at Syracuse
- 02Lake Tippecanoe786 acres · Tippecanoe Township, near Leesburg and North Webster
- 03Webster Lake653 acres · North Webster
- 04Winona Lake571 acres · Town of Winona Lake, beside Warsaw
- 05Dewart Lake554 acres · Van Buren Township, between Leesburg and Syracuse
- 06Big Chapman Lake504 acres · Plain Township, about 2 mi E of Warsaw
- 07Syracuse Lake411 acres · Syracuse
- 08Big Barbee Lake303 acres · Tippecanoe Township
- 09Palestine Lake290 acres · Palestine
- 10James Lake278 acres · North Webster area
Deepest by maximum depth
Lake Tippecanoe reaches about 122 feet.
- 01Lake Tippecanoe122 ft max · 37 ft average · 786 acres
- 02Dewart Lake82 ft max · 16 ft average · 554 acres
- 03Lake Wawasee81 ft max · 22 ft average · 3,006 acres
- 04Winona Lake79 ft max · 30 ft average · 571 acres
- 05Yellow Creek Lake67 ft max · 31.6 ft average · 155 acres
- 06Sechrist Lake63 ft max · 18.9 ft average · 105 acres
- 07James Lake62 ft max · 27 ft average · 278 acres
- 08Beaver Dam Lake61 ft max · 15.6 ft average · 155 acres
- 09Papakeechie Lake55 ft max · 11.5 ft average · 190 acres
- 10Webster Lake52 ft max · 12.5 ft average · 653 acres