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Lakes Near Boulder, Colorado

294 counted Colorado lakes sit within 60 miles of Boulder - the largest is Lake Granby at 7,075 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Granby	Grand	32 mi	7,075 acres	-
Riverside Reservoir	Weld	58 mi	3,633 acres	-
Dillon Reservoir	Summit	51 mi	3,219 acres	-
Green Mountain Reservoir	Summit	55 mi	2,044 acres	-
Horsetooth Reservoir	Larimer	38 mi	1,817 acres	-
Barr Lake	Adams	27 mi	1,724 acres	-
Boyd Lake	Larimer	32 mi	1,623 acres	-
Williams Fork Reservoir	Grand	50 mi	1,549 acres	-
Chatfield Lake	Jefferson	34 mi	1,389 acres	-
Shadow Mountain Lake	Grand	34 mi	1,315 acres	-
Standley Lake	Jefferson	13 mi	1,221 acres	-
Carter Lake Reservoir	Larimer	22 mi	1,120 acres	-
Cherry Creek Lake	Arapahoe	34 mi	886 acres	-
Cheesman Lake	Jefferson	57 mi	885 acres	-
Milton Reservoir	Weld	36 mi	857 acres	-
Windsor Reservoir	Weld	41 mi	852 acres	-
Calkins Lake	Weld	17 mi	749 acres	-
Aurora Reservoir	Arapahoe	43 mi	735 acres	-
Lower Latham Reservoir	Weld	40 mi	717 acres	-
Horse Creek Reservoir	Adams	37 mi	710 acres	-
Cobb Lake	Larimer	46 mi	685 acres	-
Fossil Creek Reservoir	Larimer	36 mi	669 acres	-
Marston Lake	Denver	29 mi	626 acres	-
Timnath Reservoir	Larimer	40 mi	611 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Larimer	31 mi	608 acres	-
Boulder Reservoir	Boulder	5 mi	536 acres	-
Douglass Lake	Larimer	49 mi	525 acres	-
Leggett and Hillcrest Reservoir	Boulder	4 mi	507 acres	-
Grand Lake	Grand	33 mi	483 acres	-
North Poudre Reservoir Number 6	Larimer	48 mi	479 acres	-
Lonetree Reservoir	Larimer	24 mi	458 acres	-
Handy Reservoir	Larimer	23 mi	456 acres	-
Terry Lake	Larimer	44 mi	456 acres	-
Lake Loveland	Larimer	29 mi	443 acres	-
Gross Reservoir	Boulder	7 mi	415 acres	-
Bee Lake	Larimer	49 mi	389 acres	-
Windsor Reservoir	Larimer	46 mi	386 acres	-
Prospect Reservoir	Weld	40 mi	379 acres	-
Mariano Reservoir	Larimer	27 mi	376 acres	-
Black Hollow Reservoir	Weld	46 mi	373 acres	-
Long Draw Reservoir	Larimer	43 mi	339 acres	-
Panama Reservoir Number 1	Boulder	11 mi	335 acres	-
Terry Lake	Boulder	17 mi	320 acres	-
Ish Reservoir	Boulder	19 mi	317 acres	-
North Poudre Reservoir Number 15	Larimer	54 mi	293 acres	-
Willow Creek Reservoir	Grand	38 mi	292 acres	-
Base Line Reservoir	Boulder	4 mi	261 acres	-
Demmel Lake	Larimer	50 mi	248 acres	-
McIntosh Lake	Boulder	14 mi	245 acres	-
Chambers Lake	Larimer	51 mi	244 acres	-
Park Creek Reservoir	Larimer	57 mi	240 acres	-
Marshall Lake	Boulder	6 mi	220 acres	-
Rueter-Hess Reservoir	Douglas	43 mi	216 acres	-
Rocky Ridge Lake Reservoir Number 1	Larimer	46 mi	215 acres	-
Meadow Creek Reservoir	Jackson	60 mi	206 acres	-
Water Supply and Storage Reservoir Number 3	Larimer	46 mi	202 acres	-
Barker Reservoir	Boulder	12 mi	198 acres	-
Button Rock Reservoir	Boulder	15 mi	191 acres	-
McLellan Reservoir	Arapahoe	34 mi	191 acres	-
Long Pond	Larimer	43 mi	190 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 294 counted lakes within 60 miles of Boulder.

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