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Lakes Near Tampa, Florida

589 counted Florida lakes sit within 60 miles of Tampa - the largest is Crooked Lake at 5,040 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Crooked Lake	Polk	55 mi	5,040 acres	38 ft
Lake Hancock	Polk	38 mi	4,576 acres	-
Lake Pierce	Polk	57 mi	3,782 acres	11 ft
Lake Parrish	Manatee	24 mi	3,622 acres	-
Lake Louisa	Lake	57 mi	3,575 acres	-
Lake Marion	Polk	57 mi	3,009 acres	9 ft
Lake Tarpon	Pinellas	20 mi	2,534 acres	19 ft
Lake Parker	Polk	33 mi	2,272 acres	10 ft
Lake Minnehaha	Lake	58 mi	2,243 acres	-
Lake Hamilton	Polk	50 mi	2,174 acres	16 ft
Phosphate Pits	Polk	39 mi	1,573 acres	-
Lake Buffum	Polk	50 mi	1,551 acres	-
Lake Clinch	Polk	57 mi	1,219 acres	-
Lake Manatee	Manatee	33 mi	1,180 acres	-
Lake Eloise	Polk	46 mi	1,175 acres	21 ft
Lake Mattie	Polk	43 mi	1,091 acres	-
Lake Ariana	Polk	41 mi	1,030 acres	23 ft
Lake Myakka	Sarasota	48 mi	958 acres	-
C W Bill Young Regional Reservoir	Hillsborough	20 mi	928 acres	-
Lake Juliana	Polk	42 mi	923 acres	-
Lake Lowery	Polk	49 mi	912 acres	-
Big Prairie	Lake	55 mi	897 acres	-
Lake Thonotosassa	Hillsborough	13 mi	849 acres	-
Lake Henry	Polk	49 mi	848 acres	-
Lake Fannie	Polk	47 mi	803 acres	10 ft
Pretty Lake	Lake	53 mi	765 acres	-
Lake Arietta	Polk	41 mi	749 acres	-
Lake Alfred	Polk	45 mi	727 acres	-
Lake Haines	Polk	47 mi	719 acres	21 ft
Lake Nellie	Lake	55 mi	716 acres	-
Lake Garfield	Polk	44 mi	699 acres	-
Lake Seminole	Pinellas	21 mi	682 acres	-
Eagle Lake	Polk	42 mi	647 acres	-
Floral City Lake	Citrus	58 mi	630 acres	-
Lake Howard	Polk	44 mi	625 acres	16 ft
Lake Van	Polk	43 mi	595 acres	-
Pleasant Grove Reservoir	Hillsborough	18 mi	593 acres	-
Lake Rochelle	Polk	46 mi	580 acres	18 ft
Lower Myakka Lake	Sarasota	51 mi	567 acres	-
Lake Winterset	Polk	47 mi	556 acres	32 ft
Bradley Lake	Citrus	55 mi	533 acres	-
Sawgrass Lake	Lake	58 mi	524 acres	-
Lake Sanitary	Polk	43 mi	509 acres	-
Pine Island Lake	Lake	54 mi	501 acres	-
Big Fish Lake	Pasco	29 mi	498 acres	-
Lake Gibson	Polk	32 mi	490 acres	-
Hancock Lake	Pasco, Hernando	34 mi	478 acres	-
Cherry Lake	Lake	59 mi	468 acres	-
Tussock Bay	Citrus	59 mi	455 acres	-
Lake Annie	Polk, Citrus	51 mi	453 acres	12 ft
Sumner Lake	Lake	57 mi	450 acres	-
Lake Hartridge	Polk	44 mi	433 acres	16 ft
Keystone Lake	Hillsborough	15 mi	431 acres	-
Lake Lucy	Lake	58 mi	426 acres	-
Giddon Lake	Sumter	49 mi	417 acres	-
Lake McLeod	Polk	43 mi	411 acres	21 ft
Lake Moody	Polk	58 mi	409 acres	-
Lake Easy	Polk	55 mi	407 acres	-
Lake Hiawatha	Lake	59 mi	407 acres	-
Crews Lake	Pasco	30 mi	404 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 589 counted lakes within 60 miles of Tampa.

Sources: Florida FWC lake data; lake coordinates from the FWC. Verified October 30, 2026.