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Lakes Near Grand Junction, Colorado

73 counted Colorado lakes sit within 60 miles of Grand Junction - the largest is Vega Reservoir at 679 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Vega Reservoir	Mesa	42 mi	679 acres	-
Crawford Reservoir	Delta	57 mi	376 acres	-
Rifle Gap Reservoir	Garfield	58 mi	241 acres	-
Overland Reservoir	Delta	49 mi	238 acres	-
Highline Lake	Mesa	21 mi	151 acres	-
Island Lake	Mesa	30 mi	144 acres	-
Sweitzer Lake	Delta	37 mi	133 acres	-
Eggleston Lake	Mesa	33 mi	130 acres	-
Trickel Park Reservoir	Delta	36 mi	114 acres	-
Buckeye Reservoir	Montrose	51 mi	109 acres	-
Fruit Growers Reservoir	Delta	36 mi	104 acres	-
Juniata Reservoir	Mesa	16 mi	99 acres	-
Rapid Creek Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	18 mi	98 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake Number One	Mesa	31 mi	96 acres	-
Leon Lake	Mesa	40 mi	93 acres	-
Rapid Creek Reservoir Number 2	Mesa	18 mi	85 acres	-
Somerville-McCullah Reservoir	Mesa	19 mi	85 acres	-
Flowing Park Reservoir	Delta	25 mi	81 acres	-
Bonham Reservoir	Mesa	35 mi	76 acres	-
Atkinson Reservoir	Mesa	36 mi	75 acres	-
Deep Ward Lake	Mesa	31 mi	74 acres	-
Kennicott Slough Reservoir	Delta	32 mi	71 acres	-
Baron Lake	Mesa	32 mi	69 acres	-
Big Creek Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	36 mi	64 acres	-
Griffith Lake	Mesa	27 mi	63 acres	-
Anderson Reservoir Number 2	Mesa	23 mi	58 acres	-
Hallenbeck Reservoir	Mesa	15 mi	56 acres	-
Basin Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	28 mi	54 acres	-
Hollenbeck Reservoir Number Two	Mesa	23 mi	52 acres	-
Cheney Reservoir	Mesa	17 mi	51 acres	-
Bolen Reservoir	Mesa	18 mi	50 acres	-
Anderson Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	23 mi	49 acres	-
Grand Mesa Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	24 mi	49 acres	-
Colby Horse Park Reservoir	Mesa	41 mi	48 acres	-
Goodenough Reservoir	Delta	47 mi	48 acres	-
Deep Slough Reservoir	Mesa	30 mi	45 acres	-
Granby Reservoir Number 12	Mesa	28 mi	42 acres	-
Thompson Reservoir Number 3	Mesa	12 mi	41 acres	-
Labbe Reservoir	Mesa	38 mi	39 acres	-
Anderson Reservoir	Mesa	38 mi	38 acres	-
Carson Lake	Mesa	24 mi	38 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake Number Four	Mesa	32 mi	38 acres	-
Grand Mesa Reservoir Number 8	Mesa	27 mi	38 acres	-
Long Slough Reservoir	Mesa	26 mi	38 acres	-
Marcot Park Reservoir	Delta	40 mi	38 acres	-
Big Battlement Lake	Mesa	27 mi	37 acres	-
Deep Creek Reservoir Number 2	Mesa	23 mi	37 acres	-
Hotel Lake	Mesa	31 mi	37 acres	-
Scales Lake Number One	Mesa	28 mi	36 acres	-
Mid Griffith Lake	Mesa	26 mi	34 acres	-
Cedar Mesa Reservoir	Delta	38 mi	33 acres	-
Monument Reservoir Number 1	Mesa	43 mi	33 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake Number Five	Mesa	32 mi	32 acres	-
Bull Creek Reservoir Number 4	Mesa	28 mi	31 acres	-
Carbonate Camp Reservoir Number 6	Delta	35 mi	31 acres	-
Weir and Johnson Reservoir	Delta	39 mi	31 acres	-
Alexander Lake	Mesa	31 mi	30 acres	-
Bailey Reservoir	Delta	43 mi	30 acres	-
Bolen, Anderson, and Jacobs Reservoir Number Two	Mesa	19 mi	30 acres	-
Terror Creek Reservoir	Delta	54 mi	30 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 73 counted lakes within 60 miles of Grand Junction.

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