# How big is Lake Tahoe?

Lake Tahoe's surface covers about 191 square miles (495 km²), or about 122,000 acres. It is about 22 miles long and 12 miles wide, on the border of California and Nevada.

- 191 square miles
- 495 km²
- 122,243 acres
- 92,446 football fields

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/

## Deep as well as wide

Tahoe is also one of the deepest lakes in the US, about 1,645 feet at its deepest point. About two thirds of it lies in California.

## Under water

Drop it on your own city with the map above and see how much of it would be under water.

## How it compares

- 71% of the area of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 122,243 [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 92,446 [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 69,286 [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 145× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 1,006× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 5.5% of the area of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 0.023% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)

## Questions people ask

**How many acres is Lake Tahoe?**
About 122,000 acres of surface.

**Which states is Lake Tahoe in?**
California and Nevada. About two thirds of the lake is in California.

**How deep is Lake Tahoe?**
About 1,645 feet at its deepest point.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: about 191 square miles of surface. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1823287), licence: ODbL 1.0.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors.