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Lakes Near Jonesboro, Arkansas

82 counted Arkansas lakes sit within 60 miles of Jonesboro - the largest is Wapanocca Lake at 596 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Wapanocca Lake	Crittenden	43 mi	596 acres	-
Lake Charles	Lawrence	30 mi	550 acres	-
Lake Frierson	Greene	10 mi	342 acres	-
Lake Poinsett	Poinsett	22 mi	338 acres	-
Benwood Lake	Crittenden	44 mi	325 acres	-
Mallard Lake	Mississippi	34 mi	317 acres	-
Lake Thunderbird	Sharp	56 mi	242 acres	-
Lake Hogue	Poinsett	23 mi	237 acres	-
Meneshea Lake	Crittenden	40 mi	220 acres	-
Stave Lake	Mississippi	40 mi	161 acres	-
Lake Omaha	Fulton	59 mi	139 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Woodruff	55 mi	136 acres	-
Lake Saint Francis	St. Francis	53 mi	128 acres	-
Long Lake	Mississippi	49 mi	126 acres	-
Blackfish Lake	St. Francis	51 mi	125 acres	-
Barnes Lake	Cross	39 mi	115 acres	-
Portia Bay	Lawrence	27 mi	95 acres	-
Big Creek Site One Reservoir	Greene	10 mi	94 acres	-
Shell Lake	St. Francis	50 mi	89 acres	-
Lake Sherwood	Sharp	54 mi	85 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	St. Francis	58 mi	78 acres	-
Rainbow Lake	Cross	45 mi	77 acres	-
Murphy Lake	White	55 mi	76 acres	-
Vagabond Lake	Sharp	48 mi	75 acres	-
Fletcher Lake	Crittenden	59 mi	73 acres	-
Lake Dunn	Cross	46 mi	71 acres	-
Corning Lake	Clay	39 mi	70 acres	-
Craighead Forest Lake	Craighead	4 mi	70 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	White	53 mi	70 acres	-
West Bayou	Mississippi	52 mi	68 acres	-
Beaty Lake	St. Francis	53 mi	65 acres	-
Big Creek Site Seven Reservoir	Craighead	5 mi	65 acres	-
Danner Lake	Crittenden	48 mi	65 acres	-
Big Creek Site 15 Reservoir	Greene	9 mi	64 acres	-
Island Lake	St. Francis	58 mi	64 acres	-
Lake Sequoyah	Sharp	56 mi	64 acres	-
Lake Austell	Cross	48 mi	60 acres	-
Horner Bay	Lawrence	26 mi	59 acres	-
O K Lake	Poinsett	17 mi	59 acres	-
Gas Plant Lake	Randolph	34 mi	57 acres	-
Lake Chanute	Fulton	58 mi	55 acres	-
Poinsett Watershed Site 101 Reservoir	Poinsett	26 mi	55 acres	-
Nichols Lake	St. Francis	52 mi	52 acres	-
Kiethley Lake	St. Francis	56 mi	51 acres	-
Brushy Lake	St. Francis	58 mi	50 acres	-
Robinson Bay	Lawrence	27 mi	50 acres	-
McCarter Lake	Crittenden	54 mi	49 acres	-
Old River	Cross	43 mi	49 acres	-
Baltz Lake	Randolph	33 mi	47 acres	-
Big Hurricane Lake	White	59 mi	43 acres	-
Cooper Creek Site Two Reservoir	Lawrence	39 mi	43 acres	-
Crooked Lake	Mississippi	51 mi	43 acres	-
Pickett Lake	Jackson	40 mi	43 acres	-
Big Creek Site 10 Reservoir	Craighead	5 mi	42 acres	-
Big Horseshoe Lake	Jackson	41 mi	42 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	St. Francis	50 mi	42 acres	-
Long Lake	St. Francis	59 mi	42 acres	-
Teague Lake	Woodruff	48 mi	42 acres	-
Big Lake	Crittenden	37 mi	39 acres	-
Clear Lake	Woodruff	60 mi	39 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 82 counted lakes within 60 miles of Jonesboro.

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