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Lakes Near Aspen, Colorado

108 counted Colorado lakes sit within 60 miles of Aspen - the largest is Blue Mesa Reservoir at 8,944 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Blue Mesa Reservoir	Gunnison	54 mi	8,944 acres	-
Dillon Reservoir	Summit	49 mi	3,219 acres	-
Antero Reservoir	Park	50 mi	2,225 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Lake	27 mi	2,064 acres	-
Green Mountain Reservoir	Summit	55 mi	2,044 acres	-
Taylor Park Reservoir	Gunnison	28 mi	2,038 acres	-
Turquoise Lake	Lake	24 mi	1,748 acres	-
Ruedi Reservoir	Pitkin	12 mi	1,031 acres	-
Vega Reservoir	Mesa	52 mi	679 acres	-
Robinson Tailings Pond	Summit	36 mi	619 acres	-
Tenmile Tailings Pond	Summit	37 mi	504 acres	-
Clear Creek Reservoir	Chaffee	32 mi	388 acres	-
Crawford Reservoir	Delta	55 mi	376 acres	-
Paonia Reservoir	Gunnison	32 mi	335 acres	-
Homestake Reservoir	Pitkin	22 mi	333 acres	-
Trappers Lake	Garfield	59 mi	325 acres	-
Gould Reservoir	Montrose	58 mi	303 acres	-
Heart Lake Reservoir	Garfield	48 mi	296 acres	-
Mayflower Tailings Pond	Summit	38 mi	275 acres	-
Mount Elbert Forebay	Lake	25 mi	250 acres	-
Rifle Gap Reservoir	Garfield	59 mi	241 acres	-
Overland Reservoir	Delta	45 mi	238 acres	-
Grass Valley Reservoir	Garfield	54 mi	201 acres	-
Stillwater Reservoir	Garfield	60 mi	129 acres	-
Trickel Park Reservoir	Delta	58 mi	114 acres	-
Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir	Summit	38 mi	93 acres	-
Leon Lake	Mesa	54 mi	93 acres	-
Black Lake	Summit	51 mi	89 acres	-
Jefferson Lake	Park	54 mi	89 acres	-
Montgomery Reservoir	Park	41 mi	89 acres	-
Snowmass Lake	Pitkin	13 mi	83 acres	-
Spring Park Reservoir	Eagle	22 mi	82 acres	-
Robinson Lake	Eagle	35 mi	77 acres	-
Bonham Reservoir	Mesa	58 mi	76 acres	-
Marvine Lakes	Rio Blanco	59 mi	76 acres	-
Atkinson Reservoir	Mesa	57 mi	75 acres	-
Sweetwater Lake	Garfield	46 mi	73 acres	-
Ivanhoe Lake	Pitkin	18 mi	72 acres	-
Marvine Lakes	Rio Blanco	60 mi	66 acres	-
Big Creek Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	58 mi	64 acres	-
Goose Pasture Tarn	Summit	46 mi	64 acres	-
East Branch Reservoir	Grand	60 mi	62 acres	-
Meadow Creek Lake	Garfield	58 mi	59 acres	-
Spring Creek Reservoir	Gunnison	23 mi	53 acres	-
Woods Lake	Eagle	19 mi	53 acres	-
Lininger Lake	Park	58 mi	52 acres	-
Wildcat Reservoir	Pitkin	8 mi	52 acres	-
Hughes Reservoir	Garfield	35 mi	51 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Garfield	58 mi	50 acres	-
Bison Lake	Garfield	49 mi	48 acres	-
Colby Horse Park Reservoir	Mesa	53 mi	48 acres	-
Goodenough Reservoir	Delta	47 mi	48 acres	-
Lily Pond	Gunnison	20 mi	48 acres	-
Lower Cataract Lake	Summit	52 mi	47 acres	-
Blue Lakes	Summit	40 mi	46 acres	-
Lake Irwin	Gunnison	26 mi	46 acres	-
Wall Lake	Garfield	57 mi	45 acres	-
Sylvan Lake	Eagle	20 mi	44 acres	-
Grimes Brooks Reservoir	Routt	55 mi	43 acres	-
Lost Lake Slough	Gunnison	31 mi	43 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 108 counted lakes within 60 miles of Aspen.

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