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Lakes Near Fort Smith, Arkansas

60 counted Arkansas lakes sit within 60 miles of Fort Smith - the largest is Lake Dardanelle at 34,067 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Dardanelle	Johnson	57 mi	34,067 acres	-
Ozark Lake	Franklin	20 mi	9,421 acres	-
Blue Mountain Lake	Yell	44 mi	2,974 acres	-
Lake Shepherd Springs	Crawford	26 mi	1,314 acres	-
Poteau River Site 13 Lake	Scott	37 mi	970 acres	-
Lee Creek Reservoir	Crawford	7 mi	582 acres	-
Lake Sequoyah	Washington	50 mi	425 acres	-
Ozark City Lake	Franklin	33 mi	408 acres	-
Sugar Loaf Lake	Sebastian	20 mi	291 acres	-
Booneville Lake	Sebastian	25 mi	289 acres	-
Irons Fork Reservoir	Polk	53 mi	283 acres	-
Poteau River Site Five Lake	Scott	37 mi	231 acres	-
Lake Ludwig	Johnson	55 mi	222 acres	-
Hartman Lake	Johnson	43 mi	215 acres	-
Lake Wilhelmina	Polk	54 mi	197 acres	-
Budd Kidd Lake	Washington	40 mi	193 acres	-
Lake Fayetteville	Washington	54 mi	172 acres	-
Cedar-Piney Lake	Yell	55 mi	171 acres	-
Paris Reservoir	Logan	39 mi	165 acres	-
Hollis Lake	Crawford	6 mi	164 acres	-
Lake Elmdale	Washington	57 mi	147 acres	-
Darby Lake	Franklin	22 mi	141 acres	-
T J House Reservoir	Crawford	21 mi	139 acres	-
Greenwood Lake	Sebastian	16 mi	137 acres	-
Cove Lake	Logan	45 mi	126 acres	-
Lake Alma	Crawford	13 mi	109 acres	-
Keenan Lake	Logan	32 mi	99 acres	-
Lake Prairie Grove	Washington	38 mi	91 acres	-
Lake Weddington	Washington	49 mi	86 acres	-
Lincoln Lake	Washington	42 mi	85 acres	-
Spring Lake	Yell	57 mi	81 acres	-
Lake Spur	Sebastian	27 mi	76 acres	-
Mena Lake	Polk	57 mi	74 acres	-
Shores Lake	Franklin	30 mi	72 acres	-
Charleston Lake	Franklin	21 mi	68 acres	-
Lake Dardanelle State Fish Hatchery	Johnson	58 mi	68 acres	-
Shadow Lake	Sebastian	12 mi	64 acres	-
Sebastian Lake	Sebastian	12 mi	61 acres	-
Siloam Springs Lake	Benton	58 mi	55 acres	-
Wofford Lake	Sebastian	12 mi	50 acres	-
Williams Lake	Logan	28 mi	48 acres	-
Lake Waldron	Scott	34 mi	43 acres	-
Poteau River Site 11 Dam	Scott	37 mi	39 acres	-
Caney Lake	Logan	30 mi	38 acres	-
Engineer Lake	Sebastian	18 mi	38 acres	-
Parker Lake	Logan	30 mi	38 acres	-
Ward Lake	Polk	54 mi	36 acres	-
City of Mena Sewage Logoon	Polk	58 mi	32 acres	-
Lake Number One	Sebastian	26 mi	32 acres	-
Rodgers Lake	Washington	38 mi	32 acres	-
Lake Wilson	Washington	45 mi	29 acres	-
Poteau River Site 18 Lake	Scott	41 mi	29 acres	-
Mansfield Lake	Sebastian	25 mi	28 acres	-
Poteau River Watershed Site 16 Lake	Scott	34 mi	28 acres	-
Lake Number Twentyfour	Franklin	25 mi	27 acres	-
Harris Pond	Johnson	57 mi	26 acres	-
Lake Number Twentytwo	Franklin	24 mi	26 acres	-
Lake Number 20	Franklin	23 mi	25 acres	-
Lake Number Two	Logan	33 mi	25 acres	-
Poteau River Watershed Site Eight Lake	Scott	32 mi	25 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.