Lakes / Colorado / Lakes Near Denver

Lakes Near Denver, Colorado

236 counted Colorado lakes sit within 60 miles of Denver - 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	54 mi	7,075 acres	-
Riverside Reservoir	Weld	57 mi	3,633 acres	-
Dillon Reservoir	Summit	58 mi	3,219 acres	-
Empire Reservoir	Weld	57 mi	2,486 acres	-
Horsetooth Reservoir	Larimer	57 mi	1,817 acres	-
Barr Lake	Adams	18 mi	1,724 acres	-
Boyd Lake	Larimer	48 mi	1,623 acres	-
Chatfield Lake	Jefferson	14 mi	1,389 acres	-
Shadow Mountain Lake	Grand	56 mi	1,315 acres	-
Standley Lake	Jefferson	11 mi	1,221 acres	-
Carter Lake Reservoir	Larimer	43 mi	1,120 acres	-
Cherry Creek Lake	Arapahoe	10 mi	886 acres	-
Cheesman Lake	Jefferson	41 mi	885 acres	-
Milton Reservoir	Weld	39 mi	857 acres	-
Windsor Reservoir	Weld	55 mi	852 acres	-
Calkins Lake	Weld	31 mi	749 acres	-
Aurora Reservoir	Arapahoe	20 mi	735 acres	-
Lower Latham Reservoir	Weld	46 mi	717 acres	-
Horse Creek Reservoir	Adams	28 mi	710 acres	-
Fossil Creek Reservoir	Larimer	52 mi	669 acres	-
Marston Lake	Denver	9 mi	626 acres	-
Timnath Reservoir	Larimer	56 mi	611 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Larimer	49 mi	608 acres	-
Boulder Reservoir	Boulder	26 mi	536 acres	-
Leggett and Hillcrest Reservoir	Boulder	22 mi	507 acres	-
Grand Lake	Grand	56 mi	483 acres	-
Lonetree Reservoir	Larimer	42 mi	458 acres	-
Handy Reservoir	Larimer	41 mi	456 acres	-
Lake Loveland	Larimer	47 mi	443 acres	-
Gross Reservoir	Boulder	25 mi	415 acres	-
Prospect Reservoir	Weld	32 mi	379 acres	-
Rampart Reservoir	El Paso	52 mi	378 acres	-
Mariano Reservoir	Larimer	45 mi	376 acres	-
Panama Reservoir Number 1	Boulder	25 mi	335 acres	-
Terry Lake	Boulder	35 mi	320 acres	-
Ish Reservoir	Boulder	36 mi	317 acres	-
Willow Creek Reservoir	Grand	59 mi	292 acres	-
Base Line Reservoir	Boulder	21 mi	261 acres	-
McIntosh Lake	Boulder	33 mi	245 acres	-
North Catamount Reservoir	Teller	56 mi	244 acres	-
Marshall Lake	Boulder	19 mi	220 acres	-
Rueter-Hess Reservoir	Douglas	19 mi	216 acres	-
Barker Reservoir	Boulder	31 mi	198 acres	-
Button Rock Reservoir	Boulder	39 mi	191 acres	-
McLellan Reservoir	Arapahoe	12 mi	191 acres	-
Tarryall Reservoir	Park	48 mi	189 acres	-
Lake Thomas	Weld	34 mi	175 acres	-
Wellington Lake	Jefferson	36 mi	175 acres	-
Sloan Lake	Denver	3 mi	173 acres	-
Windsor Lake	Weld	52 mi	169 acres	-
Highland Reservoir Number 2	Boulder	36 mi	167 acres	-
Meadow Creek Reservoir	Grand	46 mi	166 acres	-
Woods Lake	Weld	55 mi	164 acres	-
Blunn Reservoir	Jefferson	13 mi	163 acres	-
Foothills Reservoir	Boulder	33 mi	160 acres	-
Boot Lake Reservoir	Adams	26 mi	155 acres	-
Lord Reservoir	Weld	37 mi	154 acres	-
Ralston Reservoir	Jefferson	15 mi	154 acres	-
Cooley Lake	Arapahoe	11 mi	150 acres	-
Lon Hagler Reservoir	Larimer	44 mi	150 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 236 counted lakes within 60 miles of Denver.

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