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Lakes Near Wilmington, Delaware

27 counted Delaware lakes sit within 60 miles of Wilmington - the largest is Shearness Pool at 203 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Shearness Pool	Kent	33 mi	203 acres	-
Lums Pond	New Castle	16 mi	198 acres	-
Hoopes Reservoir	New Castle	6 mi	188 acres	-
Noxontown Lake	New Castle	23 mi	178 acres	-
Silver Lake	Kent	39 mi	169 acres	-
Bear Swamp Pool	Kent	31 mi	131 acres	-
Haven Lake	Kent	57 mi	85 acres	-
Garrisons Lake	Kent	34 mi	84 acres	-
Killen Pond	Kent	52 mi	79 acres	-
Raymond Pool	Kent	33 mi	65 acres	-
Coursey Pond	Kent	52 mi	60 acres	-
McColley Pond	Kent	53 mi	57 acres	-
Lake Como	Kent	31 mi	53 acres	-
Shallcross Lake	New Castle	19 mi	50 acres	-
Wyoming Lake	Kent	43 mi	47 acres	-
Sunset Lake	New Castle	13 mi	46 acres	-
Silver Lake	New Castle	23 mi	41 acres	-
Griffith Lake	Kent	57 mi	39 acres	-
Masseys Millpond	Kent	35 mi	39 acres	-
McGinnis Pond	Kent	49 mi	38 acres	-
Blairs Pond	Kent	58 mi	31 acres	-
Moores Lake	Kent	42 mi	30 acres	-
Duck Creek Pond	New Castle	30 mi	29 acres	-
Silver Lake	Sussex	57 mi	29 acres	-
Becks Pond	New Castle	12 mi	28 acres	-
Voshell Pond	Kent	45 mi	28 acres	-
Wiggins Mill Pond	New Castle	25 mi	25 acres	-

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