Lake Pend Oreille is 43 miles long, six miles wide and more than 1,000 feet deep. Dworshak Reservoir is 54 miles long on the Clearwater River near Orofino. Payette Lake provides a stunning backdrop to the mountain village of McCall in central Idaho. To the south is the well-stocked Cascade Reservoir. Spring-fed Henry's Lake attracts fishermen in eastern Idaho.
Bear Lake is the focus of outdoor recreation in southeastern Idaho.
Dams on the big Snake River create a series of southern Idaho reservoirs, from Island Park, Palisades and American Falls in the east to huge Brownlee Reservoir on the Oregon border in western Idaho. Guided hiking, biking, horse, and llama trips go to remote high-country lakes all over the state.