The Biggest Lake In Every Country! (& US State) - Geoguessr Maps

Fancy a dip? Join me as I explore a brilliant new map which features the biggest lake from each country and US state. It's got a mixture of everything, from drone shots to boat snaps to regular old streetview footage, and as for the lakes they vary wildly in size, colour and setting.
This one really get's the detective juices flowing, so be sure to play along this evening!
PLAY ALONG: Play your round, put your marker down, then switch tabs back to KZbin to watch my attempt and the result. This way you don't ruin the game or the video!
THE LINK: www.geoguessr....

[@birdinflight3861]

I have been watching all of the pro geoguessr players lately and they are insane but then I watch Tom play a map like this and realize how elite he is at vibes

[@jlt131]

yeah, getting it via vibes definitely seems more impressive to me than just memorizing a list of tells. tom's also just... entertaining.

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

True, also vibes are from years and years of play while learning is “easily” and quickly acquired

[@Leaferr]

@@jlt131 tbf to be a pro you also have to be very good at vibes. tom came from a time where people werent as good at just knowing meta for different places, and vibing it out was the way. the goat of geoguessr.

[@SharifShawky1]

The pros don't look at reading the culture of their location. The pros are all about memorizing poles and street markings based on the year the streetview maps are published, which I find less fun than Tom's perspective who's great at cracking jokes while also having cultural awareness or personal experience through his travels.

[@Leaferr]

@@SharifShawky1 I get what you mean honestly, I've been playing geoguessr since 2016-17 because of Tom, and have had the pleasure of being very into the game during this current time and also when players were alot worse. As much as guessing is fun, being able to nerd out on small details and just know is equally as fun, and there's so much about the world to learn from it. I spend ages looking at plonkit and trying to learn vegetation for different places like Brazil, and it feels like every game and every day is a learning experience.

[@enigmaticx326]

I could have watched an hour of this. While I do enjoy watching the pros play, it’s so much more interesting watching Tom play GeoGuessr. His skillset and play style is so unique.

[@mariog4674]

Same, so I watched it twice.

[@ChumpWumber]

a lot of the pros are really boring to watch because its just the same metas being used over and over and over again. Tom just plays like a resourceful and intelligent person

[@krylosz]

Tom is just one madly entertain bloke.

[@Dezomm]

More than his skillset and play style, he's just a genuinely entertaining dude. He's got a good sense of humor and explains his thought process in a pleasant way. Him being good at this stuff is just a bonus, at least for me :)

[@Nooticus]

agreed!

[@vindog179]

That Chinese guess was absolutely nuts. Every part of my body was telling me you were nuts for that guess.

[@squishy_thighz]

I literally said to my gf that there was just no way he was guessing that right and if he did get it it'd be insane.

[@hanswendler9060]

The clue was the Tibetan prayer flags

[@ArthurB26]

​@@hanswendler9060 And the fact a Chinese person took the photo? Not really a crazy guess lol

[@ArthurB26]

How's it nuts? It was probably China based off the name of the person who took the photo and Qinghai is the biggest lake in China lol It's actually the only lake in China you can see completely zoomed out on Google maps

[@IlMerluz]

Please make part 2, this was super entertaining

[@whitcwa]

Fun fact, Maryland is the only US State with no natural lakes. Deep Creek Lake in western MD is a big reservoir.

[@elbakan9214]

Reply that I looked for

[@rockdoctor767]

Arizona will soon have no natural lakes. The two natural lakes there have nearly dried up (Stoneman and Mormon Lake)

[@crazycat3365]

tbf deep creek is awesome

[@Evitaschannel]

What kind of geography does maryland have? How is it possible that there’s no lakes?

[@elbakan9214]

@@Evitaschannel The Chesapeake Bay is the dominant feature. It's rivers are mostly estuaries, too. Also by the Ocean. There are many artificial lakes though. The western part of the state is mountains but it's a narrow corridor between Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

[@Ty_Guy2K]

Your pronunciation of the 3rd name was absolutely perfect, well done Tom (I only speak English)

[@brendenmcmahon2023]

😂 Go birds

[@Ty_Guy2K]

@@brendenmcmahon2023 go birds

[@Cime3torik]

I prefer when Tom doesn't stigmatize people... I already noticed that in past videos, it bothers me.

[@jorisv207]

@@Cime3torikstigmatize a name? Christ almighty what has this world become

[@haroldb6773]

@@Cime3torikgrown up

[@ric112]

Gotta love lakes. Especially the wet ones.

[@Tocinos]

There's a reservoir near me that was created by the government after forcing people out of their homes and burning them down with only weeks notice 🗿 Quabbin Reservoir

[@goldendonut7349]

amen

[@Gameboygenius]

Agreed. The dried up ones and the frozen over ones are no fun.

[@shrimpflea]

@@Gameboygenius Not me, I like a good dry lake.

[@Mahoot]

But is water wet?

[@LilyWangLoifavl]

The flags around a pole arrangement in the chinese round as well as the pagoda silhouette in the bg to its left are a sign of tibetan buddhism. Theyre usually found in and around the himalayas and tibetan plateau. (Also the name was pronounced Zhang Hao if you were ever curious) zhang is the second most common last name in China i believe; first is Wang.

[@Evitaschannel]

Thanks for sharing, how interesting!

[@Zhuminem]

The name is actually Zhang Hao if you look more closely

[@LilyWangLoifavl]

@@Zhuminem OOPS! my bad

[@philsey6913]

You absolutely had a perfect score on that first round. The map said you were on one of those islands which was obviously not the case.

[@BrokeniPadAir]

A bit of a coincidence he had absolutely NO CLUE what flag it was - makes a cut - comes back and immediately says Ethiopia. Hmmm okay. Actually, I should say he was leaning towards South America first. I’d be willing to put my life on the line that he made a Google search.

[@BrokeniPadAir]

He even mentions a star in the middle of the flag, which wasn’t even visible in the photograph. Like cmon mate.

[@joshuamcalistair2787]

@@BrokeniPadAirlol if you’ve watched him long enough you’d know he wouldn’t bother to do that.

[@joshuamcalistair2787]

Also when he mentioned the Star he was referencing the Ethiopian flag and pointing out he can’t see it in the pic lol

[@rorybessell8280]

​@@BrokeniPadAirGuess you're dead then because he has no reason to google search, he can just start another game and record that if he wanted to. He had a general idea of what countries had similar flags and was already looking in Africa. Pair that with the little poster thing and Ethiopia becomes pretty obvious, especially to a guy like Tom

[@ChaoticCobras]

just for future reference Tom, the newer New York plates are basically full white now, i honestly see way way more of the new white plates nowadays compared to the yellow ones that we would usually think of!

[@korg47237]

Which is ironic, considering that the yellow plates replaced the white ones with light blue lettering just over a decade ago!

[@glenjamindle]

@@korg47237 The excelsior plate will soon be replaced when we run out of money again

[@PeJota615]

NY plates are gonna throw off some Geoguesser games in the next couple of years, depending on when Google Street View cars update pictures, because there are still tons of the yellow Cheeze whiz plates around so it'll be a mix of both for a little while.

[@glenjamindle]

@@PeJota615 There's still a bunch of blue and whites still out there. We're up to three current versions at the moment.

[@lhaviland8602]

They went woke! SAD!

[@lewblank7799]

Tom is absolutely elite at lining up an outline or pattern with the google map

[@MoiseDosSantos]

As a human made out of 60% water, I see this as an absolute win

[@Roescoe]

That's really biased of you. You need to think of the marginalized fiber and other non-aqueous materials you have in your body.

[@henrywalton5967]

I feel represented

[@Roescoe]

@@henrywalton5967 water you talking about?

[@gavinjenkins899]

you're made out of salt water, though

[@frenchfreys]

Hi Tom! If you wanted to hide the bar that shows the person’s name on a photosphere, the GeoGuessr Ultimate extension will let you do that, as well as some other settings if you wanted to change them

[@stijner1689]

Could you try European Cities Drone View map? It’s a bit like your geography in its purest form video

[@jlt131]

i haven't seen this one yet, but it sounds like one he might be able to get a perfect score on!

[@ego0971]

Agreed. Would love more satellite image videos from Tom!

[@stijner1689]

@@jlt131 Yeah for most rounds it's doable to get a 5k, especially if you play it without a time limit. I had great fun with it, looking all over Europe to find the city with the exact river layout for example. It has an instruction how to work with cardinal directions, even without a correct compass. The starting point is pointing north, so if you play with moving allowed, you can use the jump back to the start button to face north again.

[@MyRegularNameWasTaken]

For how difficult some of the locations were, this score is absolutely phenomenal

[@max5183]

Would love to see a second round! Also quite funny, that the easiest round for me was his "worst".

[@markbarbara80]

For what its worth I absolutely love these 'specialist' maps. They are really fun to watch.

[@wrongversion]

That last guess I instantly knew that was Lake Norman, but then you went to the north east and I thought to myself this might take a while.. Glad you found it in the end.

[@doohuh]

Yeah the greenery in the last one definitely gave me Virginia/NC vibes right away but I thought it would be closer to the coast.

[@illumin6ti515]

Vibes are unmatched as always

[@Pandametal_]

there is a relatively famous road cycling tour of Qinghai Lake, pretty hard as it's more than 3200m above sea level and still has a lot of mountains around it

[@Fwibl]

I was hoping to see Lake Norman when I clicked on the video! Growing up on Lake Norman was a blast! We have tons of roads that are land bridges like that all over the lake instead of building actual bridges (there may be a small bridge for boats in them). Lake Norman has an exceptionally large amount of inlets, coves, and overall lakefront access.

[@Blackadder75]

Do they ever flood? or is level of the lake more equal all year round

[@Fwibl]

@@Blackadder75 actually, for a long time we would have droughts off and on where the level would lower. But overall it's pretty level. It's never flooded on my side of the lake, but other places may have been different. Never worried about flooding when driving to school, work, etc...

[@Blackadder75]

@@Fwibl that''s good to hear, over here we always have the risk of floods when it rains a lot in areas with rivers upstream. Even though we are very good at controlling the water, when people feel safe, they build houses in areas that should not actually be build in because the scientist say: 'look once in every 30 or 50 years that area could be flooded... ' But people think, oh whatever that won;t happen in my lifetime. and they pressure the authorities to give them permission to build there.. and then when the flood happens, they blame the authorities for not protecting them

[@tpp95]

I don’t know if there are any, but a geoguessr map of just drone shot photospheres would be brilliant 👌🏻

[@12yoderb]

look up a bird's eye view, great map of all drone photos edit: the title is actually A Drone World - Bird's-eye view

[@zedman1]

There are a couple of freshwater lakes in The Maldives including Bandaara Kilhi

[@jupthere4482]

what i learned from this is to trust the accuracy of pictures less when taken on the water due to the lack of cell towers. something i'll try to keep in mind when working in other areas likely to have less coverage.

[@sayansingha6370]

the person who uploaded the photo didn't necessarily do it while they were on the lake!

[@snazzyyontop]

15:38 has got me absolutely dying over here

[@glensimpson]

I didn't play along, just watched, but recognized Roosevelt Lake here in Arizona immediately! It's always fun when I see stuff I know pop up in a video.

[@inaweoftheworld]

Excelent work. No wonder you are the GeoWizard.

[@Archivus23]

Next time I recommend using the unity mod's satellite map, google is often inaccurate with the terrain they show on the default map, for the China round, there was more terrain than what the map showed, sometimes you wont be able to see islands even though they're on satellite view.

[@hippohippo9344]

Awesome video Tom! Hope to see more of these lake geo guesser videos! So entertaining!

[@columbo9336]

I live near Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, and have a sailing boat on it, and have explored, you beat where I would have put the marker!

[@eCiinS]

I find it funny that he still has the unity script enabled on the right. It's been broken for ages there. Does Tom think it is part of the game as it has been there forever :D

[@MercateerGeo]

After 9 minutes of pondering the first location, I was almost hoping the map would jump to South America after sending the guess 😁

[@SirBarKer]

I made a GeoGuessr map like half a year back, with EVERY mill in the Netherlands, under the title 'Mills in The Netherlands', would be cool if you (both Tom and other Tom-fans) looked it up!

[@victornunes900]

FYI Tom, the "q" letter in Chinese languages makes a "tch" sound. So Qinghai is pronounced "Tchinghai", not "Kinghai".

[@maciejbala477]

I doubt he will remember, haha. But he would know if he actually visited it, I presume

[@TennTimes]

Ahhhhh…..the good old days, where Tom does some amazing detective work while I sip coffee and eat brownies.

[@zachgray4767]

Roosevelt Lake catches a good portion of the annual snowmelt from AZ's mountains (AZ has more mountains than desert!) and it flows through Phoenix via the Salt River. The Salt River then flows to the Gila ("heel-a", as in Gila monster), and then to the Colorado out into the Baja.

[@stefanschneider3681]

RESPECT! I had 3 good guesses, 2 awfull ones, especially searching for lengths in the Utah - area then going for Spain at the end was a bummer 🤣

[@bobcaligiuri]

Check out the muddy water next to a clearer larger body of water indicting a river outflow into an ocean or sea. Especially when you see fishing - that's the spot. I'm getting hooked on your content. Keep up the great work.

[@blackjack9610]

Ghana definitely has its stripes horizontal mate ^^, just the green and red are switched places and the stars are slightly different

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

This was a brilliant watch! Thanks so much. Would love more of these slow burn videos, don't mind longer search times at all.

[@planespotterkarl2783]

15:05 It does. Provides us a large amount of our electricity and a good portion of our water. Haven’t been over to Roosevelt in ages And yes, Lake Roosevelt is the largest lake entirely enclosed within our borders, but Lake Mead and I believe also Lake Powell are both larger

[@chrisstaniforth5629]

Enjoyed this dude!! Top stuff, just up the road in Yorkshire!! Get your sen outdoors for a mission soon!! Hope you and your lass are well!! All the best

[@reversesmurf5375]

Lough Neagh is almost 8 times the size of Loch Ness by area, but Loch Ness has over double the volume. Puts into perspective how deep it is and why it’s impossible to find old Nessie

[@MusicFanatical1]

Tom: plays quiz about locating lakes Also Tom: I'm focusing on Ethiopia purely because of the facial structure of this man

[@EleanorPatel93]

I thought this channel was dead for some reason, glad it's still up

[@FranssensM]

I don’t know why but I’m loving these new games with old photos or this one with lakes.

[@grocerbear9700]

i was at qinghai lake a decade ago on a collegiate music exchange from PA USA. that third picture was screaming that plateau region. amazing job. we saw an awesome sandcastle competition there

[@Cory_Springer]

15:11 haha I'm so happy that you pronounce "gila" the same way I do whenever I visit family in Arizona.

[@paulwetzel3.14]

I saw picture number two and immediately knew where it was. I used to drive over that bridge to go fishing on the weekends when I lived near there 35 years ago.

[@stgo_g]

3:13 missed opportunity to say "go on into Bolivian"

[@Goodrives]

I guessed that was Lake Norman as soon as I saw it. But, I do live just up the road from it. Cool to see North Carolina on your channel; it was a nice surprise.

[@Fleshtotem]

I liked this map alot, would love to see you do it again!

[@OLLIEPOOP1986]

Dude your videos are so good, thanks. always brings a smile to my face

[@davepalmer9265]

great work tom👍 entertainment and educational! Love watching everything from time guesses to location photos of the world. Not only a "mindless" getaway watching the tube, but feel it is a necessity to watch something I get some learning in return, you offer a great balance for me to watch. From the IL WI border, you've got friends anytime you learn how not to travel the u.s.a. 😂

[@Cam_893]

During the last one I was looking at it and just kept thinking “wow that place looks really nice I wouldn’t mind living somewhere like that” then coke to find out it’s only an hour away lol

[@Vipa567]

15:37 lmao this has me cracking up in the middle of the night

[@Straumnes]

Best part of the video 😂

[@shrek2enjoyer164]

This lake one is actually good keep doing these

[@GeoCamelOfficial]

I feel like the U.S. states are so much harder than the lakes in other countries. Also the music surprised the f*ck out of me when I logged on GeoGuessr yesterday 😂

[@merlinthewizard]

Very enjoyable! Thanks for another great geoguessr video!

[@jlt131]

That bird nest at 24:30 is pretty impressive. (as was this game play)

[@brandonwise105]

When you went to Pennsylvania and clicked on the map, that point was about 1 mile from my house. Thought that was pretty cool

[@criggall1874]

15:35 "I wont try and pronounce this one" continues to attempt to pronounce it in a very poor way😂😂

[@balazsulveczki342]

Love to compare my runs to yours. Like it took me 5 seconds to identify East Africa (water color, general flag color set for like half of Africa), SW USA (typical Colorado plateu landscape), and SE USA (vibes?), but only actually found the Arizona one corretly because of lack of patience and focus on details. Also, I had zero chance on China, went for Bolivia in 2 minutes. Congrats, and keep up the good work!

[@JYD2020]

Imagine a canadian lake game

[@Insorteduplo]

Wow that was an amazing Geoguess Round there! I love the Lake Rounds :)

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

30% of Phoenix's power comes from nuclear energy. Arizona has the largest American nuclear power plant and we also supply other states.

[@alechubbard2134]

I grew up on lake Norman and it looked familiar so when you were in the north east I knew you needed to head south. That spot was about a 10 minute boat ride from where I lived

[@matushorvath]

If we're counting lakes that are on the border of multiple states/countries, the biggest lakes in Pennsylvania or New York are kind of obvious :)

[@Heatherofscots]

I was laughing when he was looking at Lake Pymatuning while Lake Erie was looming over it just north with its vastness of blue 😄

[@RayRay-qt2ew]

Do you plan on doing any straight line missions, or like wise missions?

[@Bigcubefan]

That China guess was pretty wild if you ask me. Very well done.

[@Daniel_McTigue]

Who else guessed Suriname, got one point and thought there's not much point in playing along now...

[@kim2073]

My level of excitement when Lake Roosevelt popped up in round two lol. I’ve been there and I was so excited to have known it almost immediately 😂

[@evancowles7101]

Incredibly proud of myself for getting Lake Norman immediately, about the only time I can beat you at this game lol

[@WildcatRA]

Roosevelt lake services Phoenix you’re absolutely right Tom! It turns into the Salt River which the Central Arizona Project had built dams to run through the city and into the various treatment plants. I grew up in PHX and currently work in water treatment, this was such a treat to watch!

[@djstoplichtofficial]

15:33 'I won't try and pronounce that.' *Proceeds to pronounce it*

[@77Format]

Nice! Now that you mastered that level it' time to move on to the next one...Finnish lakes

[@DeellySwim]

Love these interesting maps you play. You finding some great ones

[@trevoram19]

love theses vids, keep them coming

[@houligan5254]

I didn't spend as long searching, but I got eastern Africa for the first (Lake Victoria), American Southwest for the second (Lake Mead), and Eastern US for the 5th (Lake Winnipesake). I actually got the body of water for the 3rd and 4th.

[@M1412B]

“I can’t stand stuck-up bodies of water. It’s like… get over yourself Lake Superior”

[@flawed1]

I cannot begin to explain that look confusion on my face when he initially said the second one was “clearly not America“ 🤣

[@nathanhadland655]

Been to Lake Roosevelt in AZ more times than I can count, was cool to see that pop up.

[@masonfarnsworth1801]

As someone who lives in "the land of 10,000 lakes" i said no fken shot. Lol

[@kegmo]

I no the US, Warner states have much smoother roads because when water gets in and freezes it breaks up the asphalt so southern states freeze less. I know North Carolina has pretty distinctive looking roads too

[@stuartfrance5284]

15:39 when you bit into a pop tart as soon as it popped up as a kid

[@dylanchamberlain]

love your videos, tom!

[@masonstuart7465]

ive been jet skiing at lake norman before, the houses are huge!

[@nostracobb4814]

was so hype to see lake norman as that is where I live. Ive never been on the road that was shown but I instantly thought wow that looks like Norman. Well done man

[@Glaedr58]

I'm from north carolina (live 30 minutes outside of charlotte actually) and my first instinct was actually Lake Norman the moment that last one came up. I've never been to that section of Norman but it just had the vibes of a place around here

[@principalmcvicker6530]

Another banger - great score tom

[@Crambles]

The best geoguessr KZbinr hands down

[@nickflopper]

Here in NY state, the new plates from 2019+ are white, and about half the cars on the road now have the new white plates

[@serixskylark]

I was thinking before clicking “it would be funny if it showed my state in my video” only for it to actually have Arizona in the video, lmao.

[@kooyking]

To make the last round easier, I ended up just looking up "Largest Lakes by State", but none of those resources pointed me to the lake included in the last round. Oh well, that was a killer guess and looking for that specific point in the vast American South took some serious endurance. Well done, Tom!

[@marcoantoniorodriguez5376]

"And there is oblivion..." ahah i laugh hard

[@TheCsel]

I knew Arizona right away, Ive been by lake Powell which is smaller, but it looks so similar. That last one though, Ive been by so many lakes in the US that look like that, so its hard to narrow down. Luckily you can just by going by just the largest ones in each state.

[@tobysimmonds487]

I wonder if anyone has made a sort of informal challenge where they try to get as close to the actual marker as possible within 5000 points. Like pixel perfect where they cannot scroll to zoom in any more and the original marker isn't sticking out from the side of the placed one

[@scottmairs9014]

I love this particular map, I must say.

[@Thestaggertom]

Bro, Lake Legend Born!