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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).
Wisconsin is bordered by Lake Superior in the north and Lake Michigan in the east. [36] The state has over 15,000 named lakes, totaling about 1 million acres (4,000 km 2). 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 Mendota. 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 southwest, Maple Bluff on the northeast, and Westport on ...
Green Lake. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Green Lake — also known as Big Green Lake (to distinguish it from Little Green Lake, which is near Markesan)— is a lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. Green Lake has a maximum depth of 237 ft (72 m), making it the deepest natural inland lake in Wisconsin and the ...
Several Wisconsin state parks contain resources that have been recognized on a national level. Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Devil's Lake State Park, and Interstate State Park are units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, while the Wyalusing Hardwood Forest in Wyalusing State Park is a National Natural Landmark.
Geneva Lake. 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. The lake covers an area of approximately 5,401 acres (2,186 ha; 8. ...
Rock Lake is a 1365-acre lake with a maximum depth of 60 feet (18.3 m). [1] The lake shape resembles a slight figure eight with several distinct areas. South of the figure eight portion of the lake lies Bean Lake State natural area which is a protected marsh. Part of the south western part of the figure eight is usually covered in tall aquatic ...
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 .