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Lakes Near Rockford, Illinois

111 counted Illinois lakes sit within 60 miles of Rockford - the largest is Spring Lake at 2,864.94 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Spring Lake	Carroll	56 mi	2,864.94 acres	-
Nippersink Lake	Lake	49 mi	2,492.93 acres	-
Pistakee Lake	McHenry	46 mi	1,743.58 acres	-
Grass Lake	Lake	49 mi	1,582.22 acres	-
West Hickory Lake	Carroll	56 mi	924.51 acres	-
Wonder Lake	McHenry	39 mi	697.58 acres	-
Lake Carroll	Carroll	40 mi	605.9 acres	-
Lake Marie	Lake	51 mi	595.03 acres	-
South Pool	Cook	58 mi	425.86 acres	-
Apple Canyon Lake	Jo Daviess	56 mi	397.1 acres	-
Long Lake	Lake	50 mi	386.47 acres	-
Channel Lake	Lake	51 mi	365.47 acres	-
Shabbona Lake	DeKalb	38 mi	310.61 acres	-
Lake Holiday	LaSalle	50 mi	309.38 acres	-
Bangs Lake	Lake	49 mi	304.68 acres	-
Cedar Lake	Lake	52 mi	297.76 acres	-
Fourth Lake	Lake	55 mi	297.02 acres	-
Vulcan Lakes	McHenry	41 mi	275.77 acres	-
Lake Summerset	Winnebago	20 mi	271.32 acres	-
McCullom Lake	McHenry	41 mi	241.92 acres	-
Round Lake	Lake	52 mi	237.72 acres	-
Lake Zurich	Lake	51 mi	233.02 acres	-
Crystal Lake	McHenry	38 mi	230.06 acres	-
Deep Lake	Lake	53 mi	223.63 acres	-
Slocum Lake	Lake	46 mi	209.55 acres	-
Redwing Slough Lake	Lake	55 mi	201.74 acres	-
Petite Lake	Lake	51 mi	195.71 acres	-
East Loon Lake	Lake	54 mi	188.29 acres	-
Candlewick Lake	Boone	13 mi	183.58 acres	-
Loon Lake	Lake	53 mi	166.05 acres	-
Lake Catherine	Lake	51 mi	163.34 acres	-
Third Lake	Lake	56 mi	153.7 acres	-
Griswold Lake	McHenry	45 mi	153.45 acres	-
Diamond Lake	Lake	56 mi	152.46 acres	-
Pierce Lake	Winnebago	8 mi	151.48 acres	-
Gages Lake	Lake	56 mi	141.34 acres	-
Countryside Lake	Lake	54 mi	140.85 acres	-
Crooked Lake	Lake	54 mi	138.63 acres	-
Baker Lake	Cook	51 mi	124.05 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Carroll	58 mi	116.88 acres	-
Duck Lake	Lake	48 mi	113.42 acres	-
Saint Marys Lake	Lake	56 mi	105.51 acres	-
Highland Lake	Lake	53 mi	101.1 acres	-
Bluff Lake	Lake	51 mi	101.07 acres	-
Sand Lake	Lake	55 mi	100.57 acres	-
Wooster Lake	Lake	49 mi	97.36 acres	-
Lily Lake	McHenry	45 mi	95.88 acres	-
Fish Lake	Lake	48 mi	95.14 acres	-
Antioch Lake	Lake	53 mi	87.72 acres	-
Nelson Lake	Kane	48 mi	85.29 acres	-
Lake Barrington	Lake	49 mi	84.26 acres	-
Miltmore Lake	Lake	54 mi	84.26 acres	-
Druce Lake	Lake	56 mi	83.27 acres	-
Minear Lake	Lake	59 mi	81.79 acres	-
Island Lake	Lake	46 mi	80.31 acres	-
Grays Lake	Lake	54 mi	79.32 acres	-
Loch Lomond	Lake	55 mi	75.12 acres	-
Brandenburg Lake	Lake	47 mi	74.87 acres	-
Victoria Lake	Winnebago	15 mi	74.63 acres	-
Hastings Lake	Lake	55 mi	73.14 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 111 counted lakes within 60 miles of Rockford.

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