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Lakes Near Los Angeles, California

53 counted California lakes sit within 60 miles of Los Angeles - the largest is Lake Elsinore at 3,158 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Elsinore	Riverside	58 mi	3,158 acres	-
Lake Mathews	Riverside	48 mi	2,146 acres	-
Castaic Lake	Los Angeles	39 mi	2,008 acres	-
Pyramid Lake	Los Angeles	52 mi	1,177 acres	-
Lake Piru	Ventura	42 mi	1,066 acres	-
Silverwood Lake	San Bernardino	55 mi	906 acres	-
Bouquet Reservoir	Los Angeles	38 mi	590 acres	-
San Gabriel Reservoir	Los Angeles	25 mi	525 acres	-
Prado Flood Control Basin	Riverside	36 mi	424 acres	-
Irvine Lake	Orange	36 mi	396 acres	-
Elderberry Forebay	Los Angeles	42 mi	388 acres	-
Morris Reservoir	Los Angeles	23 mi	284 acres	-
Quail Lake	Los Angeles	57 mi	252 acres	-
Puddingstone Reservoir	Los Angeles	25 mi	248 acres	-
Elizabeth Lake	Los Angeles	43 mi	221 acres	-
Wood Ranch Reservoir	Ventura	36 mi	217 acres	-
Lake Palmdale	Los Angeles	35 mi	214 acres	-
Castaic Lagoon	Los Angeles	38 mi	165 acres	-
Fairmont Reservoir	Los Angeles	47 mi	160 acres	-
Cogswell Reservoir	Los Angeles	20 mi	145 acres	-
Lake Sherwood	Ventura	36 mi	138 acres	-
Stone Canyon Reservoir	Los Angeles	13 mi	136 acres	-
Westlake Lake	Los Angeles	34 mi	130 acres	-
Encino Reservoir	Los Angeles	17 mi	113 acres	-
Piute Ponds	Los Angeles	51 mi	109 acres	-
Little Rock Reservoir	Los Angeles	32 mi	107 acres	-
Big Tujunga Reservoir	Los Angeles	17 mi	89 acres	-
Lake Gregory	San Bernardino	57 mi	81 acres	-
Hollywood Reservoir	Los Angeles	7 mi	74 acres	-
Silver Lake Reservoir	Los Angeles	3 mi	74 acres	-
Anaheim Lake	Orange	26 mi	70 acres	-
Pond Two	Los Angeles	47 mi	68 acres	-
Pacoima Reservoir	Los Angeles	22 mi	61 acres	-
Lee Lake	Riverside	51 mi	60 acres	-
Kings Canyon Percolation Basin	Los Angeles	50 mi	53 acres	-
San Joaquin Reservoir	Orange	38 mi	53 acres	-
Lake Norconian	Riverside	40 mi	49 acres	-
Dry Canyon Reservoir	Los Angeles	34 mi	46 acres	-
Legg Lake	Los Angeles	11 mi	42 acres	-
Malibu Lake	Los Angeles	30 mi	42 acres	-
Walnut Canyon Reservoir	Orange	32 mi	41 acres	-
Garvey Reservoir	Los Angeles	7 mi	39 acres	-
San Dimas Reservoir	Los Angeles	28 mi	35 acres	-
Sand Canyon Reservoir	Orange	38 mi	35 acres	-
Harbor Lake	Los Angeles	19 mi	34 acres	-
Hansen Flood Control Basin	Los Angeles	17 mi	33 acres	-
Lake Evans	Riverside	50 mi	32 acres	-
North Lake	Orange	36 mi	32 acres	-
Sulphur Creek Reservoir	Orange	47 mi	32 acres	-
Arnold Reservoir	Los Angeles	27 mi	29 acres	-
Little Mountain Basin	San Bernardino	55 mi	28 acres	-
El Toro Reservoir	Orange	44 mi	25 acres	-
Malibu Lagoon	Los Angeles	25 mi	25 acres	-

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