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Lakes Near Chicago, Illinois

120 counted Illinois lakes sit within 60 miles of Chicago - the largest is Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond at 2,539.39 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Braidwood Power Plant Cooling Pond	Will	55 mi	2,539.39 acres	-
Nippersink Lake	Lake	46 mi	2,492.93 acres	-
Heidecke Lake	Grundy	51 mi	1,913.34 acres	-
Pistakee Lake	McHenry	46 mi	1,743.58 acres	-
Grass Lake	Lake	48 mi	1,582.22 acres	-
Dresden Cooling Lake	Will	48 mi	1,105.8 acres	-
Wonder Lake	McHenry	51 mi	697.58 acres	-
Lake Marie	Lake	48 mi	595.03 acres	-
Lake Calumet	Cook	14 mi	591.91 acres	-
South Pool	Cook	22 mi	425.86 acres	-
Long Lake	Lake	43 mi	386.47 acres	-
Channel Lake	Lake	49 mi	365.47 acres	-
Saganashkee Slough	Cook	19 mi	359.29 acres	-
Lake Holiday	LaSalle	57 mi	309.38 acres	-
Bangs Lake	Lake	37 mi	304.68 acres	-
Skokie Lagoons	Cook	19 mi	301.94 acres	-
Cedar Lake	Lake	44 mi	297.76 acres	-
Fourth Lake	Lake	41 mi	297.02 acres	-
Vulcan Lakes	McHenry	42 mi	275.77 acres	-
Orland Lake	Cook	20 mi	273.39 acres	-
McCullom Lake	McHenry	48 mi	241.92 acres	-
Round Lake	Lake	41 mi	237.72 acres	-
Lake Zurich	Lake	33 mi	233.02 acres	-
Crystal Lake	McHenry	45 mi	230.06 acres	-
Deep Lake	Lake	44 mi	223.63 acres	-
Slocum Lake	Lake	39 mi	209.55 acres	-
Redwing Slough Lake	Lake	47 mi	201.74 acres	-
Petite Lake	Lake	46 mi	195.71 acres	-
East Loon Lake	Lake	46 mi	188.29 acres	-
Lake Renwick	Will	35 mi	166.8 acres	-
Loon Lake	Lake	46 mi	166.05 acres	-
Lake Catherine	Lake	49 mi	163.34 acres	-
Third Lake	Lake	39 mi	153.7 acres	-
Griswold Lake	McHenry	41 mi	153.45 acres	-
Diamond Lake	Lake	32 mi	152.46 acres	-
Gages Lake	Lake	38 mi	141.34 acres	-
Countryside Lake	Lake	34 mi	140.85 acres	-
Crooked Lake	Lake	43 mi	138.63 acres	-
Baker Lake	Cook	31 mi	124.05 acres	-
Tampier Lake	Cook	21 mi	121.08 acres	-
Wolf Lake	Cook	16 mi	115.08 acres	-
Duck Lake	Lake	44 mi	113.42 acres	-
Saint Marys Lake	Lake	33 mi	105.51 acres	-
Highland Lake	Lake	40 mi	101.1 acres	-
Bluff Lake	Lake	47 mi	101.07 acres	-
Powder Horn Lake	Cook	17 mi	100.82 acres	-
Sand Lake	Lake	42 mi	100.57 acres	-
Wooster Lake	Lake	43 mi	97.36 acres	-
Lily Lake	McHenry	43 mi	95.88 acres	-
Fish Lake	Lake	42 mi	95.14 acres	-
Lake Plainfield	Will	34 mi	88.22 acres	-
Antioch Lake	Lake	47 mi	87.72 acres	-
Sterling Lake	Lake	44 mi	87.23 acres	-
Nelson Lake	Kane	39 mi	85.29 acres	-
Lake Barrington	Lake	35 mi	84.26 acres	-
Miltmore Lake	Lake	42 mi	84.26 acres	-
Druce Lake	Lake	39 mi	83.27 acres	-
Minear Lake	Lake	33 mi	81.79 acres	-
Whalon Lake	Will	26 mi	80.93 acres	-
Island Lake	Lake	40 mi	80.31 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 120 counted lakes within 60 miles of Chicago.

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