LAKES

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.



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 (19,000-14,000 years ago).

MARYLAND LAKES

(by county)

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.

