Which state has the best lakes? (largest, bigger, cons, states)
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One of the things I like about the lakes in Minnesota is their accessability, most people are near one. I live in the heart of Minneapolis a mile and a half south of downtown - I can walk to this in less that 10 minutes:
New York has a wider variety of lakes, I think. Great Lakes (two of 'em), Adirondack lakes, the gorgeous Finger Lakes, and all kinds of interesting smaller ones, like Green and Round Lakes which are meromictic and are actually blue green.
Nearly every major city or town in New York State is located either on a lake or a river. It's also possible to travel between the major lakes by boat, via the canal system. You can go from Plattsburgh, up near the Canadian border, to Watkins Glen, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes, without ever taking your boat out of the water; or to Minnesota, for that matter...
And well, I don't want to name state names, but here in New York, we call our lakes "lakes" and tend to call our reservoirs "reservoirs" - instead of pretending they are "lakes." Mother Nature gave New York the vast majority of its many lakes... not the Army Corps of Engineers. You can't dam up your rivers and pretend your state has a lot of "lakes," I'm sorry!
Texas has only one natural lake. lol Arizona has more natural lakes. Thats a vote for Arizona. Arizona has tons of reservoirs by the way and the ones up in the mountains are beautiful. Some of them were Natural lakes but got damned up to be deeper and to be recreational.
I have a problem with blocking a river or stream to create a lake, it's destructive to nature. I'm not sure what the purpose is -- whether it's for recreation, scenery, hydroelectric power, etc. -- but that picture in Dallas just looks wrong to me. I'm not trying to judge, but maybe I just need to be educated.
I agree. Arizona would have so many more flowing perennial rivers but have decided to damn a lot of them up to hold water.
Misconception, it's about 15,000 lakes @ 10+ acres.///
Unlike those Sconnies that use the 5+ acre standard for a lake.
Doesn't matter what the standard is, Wisconsin still has more square miles of lakes than Minnesota - and Minnesota is a much bigger state.
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