Whether you’re celebrating the Fourth of July or just enjoying a summer getaway, spending time at the lake is the perfect way to relax and have some fun. And of course, you’ll want to document your adventures with some great photos for Instagram.
To help you get the perfect shot, we’ve gathered up some of the best lake captions for Instagram. Whether you’re looking for something funny, cute, or inspirational, we’ve got you covered. So go ahead and take that perfect picture, and then just choose the perfect caption from our list below.
Happy swimming!
Lake Captions
- How can you calm your nerves? You go to the lake.
- Take me to the lakes where I can breathe.
- The lake is the only place I can be myself.
- Having a good time by the nature’s poolside.
- All I need is a boat on a lake and I’ll be happy for life.
- Going to the lake at different times of the year gives you different feelings everytime you go back.
- “The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.” – Georges Simenon
- “Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reach the shore.” – Jeffrey G. Duarte
- Keep calm like the lake.
- I had the best times by the lake.
- Give me a tent. I’m staying by the lake tonight.
- Beers and bonfire by the lake is the best.
- You want to come with me? I visit lakes all over the country.
- I met my own peace of mind by the lakes.
- The breeze of the lake tells me that everything will be fine.
- Certified Limnophile here!
- I’ll jump in the lake if you’re down.
- “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- My life met it’s best turn when I discovered the lake.
- Staying by the lake lightens all of my burdens.
- “The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” – Unknown
- When life gets heavy, go to the lakes to lighten it.
- “Lake rules: Sleep in. Read. Nature. Memories. Relax. Fish. Enjoy each moment.” –Unknown
- Live life and love by the lake.
- Can I just inhale the beautiful of the lake and never exhale?
- I wish I can stay here forever.
- If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. – Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The best days are the slow ones spent by the lakes.
- My own idea of heaven is a sunny day by the lake.
- Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. – Henry David Thoreau
- Good food, good friends, and good things by the lake.
Lake Instagram Captions
- Stay fresh, stay by the lake.
- Hey, do you think I’m a catch?
- These tan lines of mine will fade away but the memories I spent by the lake will last forever.
- Please bring the boat and I’ll bring my bubbly personality with me.
- Come runaway with me to the lakes, honey.
- I wanna swim under the sun and sleep under the star with you.
- “Not every lake dreams to be an ocean. Blessed are the ones who are happy with whom they are.” – Mehmet Murat ildan
- “When the mind is silent like a lake the lotus blossoms.” – Amit Ray
- I feel like the main character whenever I read a book beside the lake.
- I want to sit down under a tree by the lake and read a good book.
Lake Captions for Instagram
- I love it when it’s sunny, we’re on a boat, on the lake, holding hands.
- If you want to go to the beach, drop me by the lakes first.
- Lakes give mixed emotions. You feel happy when it’s sunny and sad when it’s frozen during winter.
- “So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake.” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “If the lake sees the ocean, it will want big waves! If the ocean sees the lake, it will want calm days that lasts for years!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
- “Make your heart like a lake with a calm, still surface and great depths of kindness.” –Lao Tzu
- If you can’t find me, I may be chillin’ one a boat on a lake.
- Isn’t it romantic to hold my hand while we ride a boat and fish on a lake?
- When the lake’s frozen, make sure to walk with me.
- The lake’s embrace keep me happy.
- The lake is not someplace to visit. It’s a home.
- “A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” – Henry David Thoreau
- The lake gives me the calmest vibe I’ve been looking for my whole life.
- Always be grateful for the days you’ve stayed by the lakes.
- I wish I can live the rest of my life on a cabin by the lake.
- “When a lake’s doubt is shown as ripples, sunshine rays are flown to the hills.” –Ankush Agarwal
- The world always has its beautiful secret. The lakes, for example.
- When everybody wants to be an ocean, be a lake.
Lake Day Captions
- “The lake: Life slows down. Friends stay longer.” – Unknown
- Can you hear that sound? It’s the lake calling me.
- I wanna soak up the sun and spend my day by the lakes.
- The best way to start the day is to wake up by the lake.
- Every hour I spend by the lakes is the happiest.
- There are days when I want the calmness of the lake. There are days when I want the harshness of the sea waves.
- Can’t wait to watch the lake devour the setting sun.
- Marvelous memories were made by the lake.
- This moment by the lake shall last a lifetime.
- I shall ride a boat and let it bring me to places I supposed to go.
- May your mind be as calm as the waters of a lake.
- You may feel like a single grain of sand by the lake’s shore but always remember you are worthy, honey.
- These still waters calm me down when a storm inside me is brewing.
- I already got used to the lake living that even if I walk, I walk slowly.
Funny Lake Captions
- Never dig in to pier pressure.
- It’s impor-tent to have fun by the lake.
- Against life’s battles, I refuse to sink.
- What’s the catch?
- Lemme dip for a minute or two.
- Imitating the snap I saw on postcards.
- I’m still studying, you know. Bachelor in Boating Major in fishing by the lake.
- Beware of reckless diving.
- “Wanna hear a lake pun? I a-shore you it’s good.” – Unknown
- Don’t talk to me I’m on a lake break.
- “Good things come to those who bait.” – Unknown
- Hey, I lake you a lot!
- You can call me Dwayne ‘The Dock’ Johnson.
- The lake al-waves make me smile.
Lake Quotes for Instagram
- “It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “There’s only one way to tackle life, enjoy a day at the beach, and jump into a Great Lake: Headfirst!” – Viola Shipman
- “This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!” –Mehmet Murat idlan
- “Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens
- “Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” – John Lubbock
- “My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful.” – Hamlin Garland
- “Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.” – Rumi
- “A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” – William Wordsworth
- “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.” – Muhammad Ali
- “Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.” – Percy Ross
- “Find a calm lake and wait for the twilight in silence! There, existence will visit you with all its magnificence! The existence of the Existence can best be felt in the presence of dimness and in the absence of crowds and noises!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
- “The lake water was reinventing the forest and the white moon above it, and wolves lapped up the cold reflection of the sky.” – Karen Russell
- “Some people look like frozen lakes; break the ice, there you will see a lively world!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
- “I studied his eyes. They were nearly a color today, a frozen lake reflecting a clear blue…” – Cara McKenna
- “Then there was silence, the air like ice. Brittle-looking birch trees with black marks on their white bark, and some kind of small untidy evergreens rolled up like sleepy bears. The frozen lake not level but mounded along the shore, as if the waves had turned to ice in the act of falling.” – Alice Munro
- “Skip a stone. Take a hike. Sit a spell. Listen. Daydream. Just breathe. This is lake living.” – Unknown
- “I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.” – Steven Tyler
- “The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning.” – Jasper Fforde
- “Man without dreams is a boat in a frozen lake!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
- “Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.” – Maya Angelou
- “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” – Alice Walker
- Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. – Khalil Gibran
- Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein
- Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. – Henry David Thoreau
- To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. – Helen Keller
Lake Tahoe Captions
- Where to? Lake Tahoe, please.
- Simple things make me smile like a day at Lake Tahoe.
- “Tahoe lake is so deep, you could stand the empire state building in it and not see the top.” – Unknown
- I’m thankful God gave me such a beautiful swimming pool such as the Lake Tahoe.
- Hey, Lake Tahoe, I’m all yours!
- Next destination: Lake Tahoe.
- If you kidnap me and bring me to Lake Tahoe, I am more willing to come with you.
- You know what I’m thinking about? A trip to Lake Tahoe.
- Hey, friend, can you call me up when you decide to go to Lake Tahoe with me?
- You wanna know my secret? I’m always calm when I’m at Lake Tahoe.
- I’ll love you and Lake Tahoe equally.
- If you ask me if I’m down and you mention Lake Tahoe, the answer is always yes.
- Lake Tahoe makes me feel the most alive.
- Can you please wait? I’ll just recharge my energy by Lake Tahoe.
Captions for Lake Pictures
- These calm waters give the best of therapies when you need one.
- I love how these emerald calm waters reflect the blue sky.
- These photographs of lakes will be kept in my heart forever.
- One, two, three, say “Lakes”!
- I love how the green of the trees compliment the blue of the sky and calmness of the lake.
- I long for the red, yellow and orange hues to fill my afternoon sky as I feel the cool breeze of the lake caress my face.
- Would you like me to send a copy of my lake snaps?
- Should I print these pictures and make them as postcards?
Cute Lake captions
- What time is it? It’s late o’clock.
- I’ll keep it real by the lake.
- I’m done adulting. Let’s just keep swimming.
- Life’s a lake.
- I just wanna have some sun.
- A little change in latitude alleviates my attitude.
- Lake vibes only please.
- Went to the lake and never coming back.
- Life leads us to many paths, but the best ones lead to the lakes.
- All I need is a good dose of vitamin L.
- When in doubt, go to the lake.
- Don’t worry, be lakey likey.
- Nothing soothes my soul like a day by the lakes.
- I’ll keep rowing my boat until I reach you.
- Won’t it be romantic if we spend our time slowly on a boat?
4th of July Lake Captions
- Young, wild, and free by the lakes.
- My 4th of July is the best when it’s spent by the lakes.
- Fireworks, barbeques, and
- Today’s the US of Yay by the lake!
- The lake tells me to get drunk like Lincoln this independence day.
- This calm lake makes me too cool for British Rule.
- 4th of July’s never complete without some grillin’ happening by the lake.
- Pack your things up, we’re spending independence day by the lake.
- If you didn’t do some grilling, did Independence day by the lake ever happened?
- It’s me living my sweet independence on a boat in the lake.
- Let’s celebrate freedom with family and friends beside the calm waters of the lake.
- In another life, I want to be a firework looking over my family spending time happily by the lake.
- I’ll merrily ride a boat and drink booze.
- “Nothing’s sweeter than summertime and American honey.” – Lady A
- “Love your country and live with pride.” – Billy Ray Cyrus