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Lakes Near Springfield, Illinois

109 counted Illinois lakes sit within 60 miles of Springfield - the largest is Lake Shelbyville at 10,235.1 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Shelbyville	Shelby	54 mi	10,235.1 acres	-
Lake Clinton	De Witt	51 mi	4,585.53 acres	-
Lake Springfield	Sangamon	5 mi	3,899.08 acres	-
Quiver Lake	Mason	46 mi	2,926.49 acres	-
Lake Decatur	Macon	40 mi	2,904.48 acres	-
Cross Slough	Mason	41 mi	2,775.73 acres	-
Lake Chautauqua	Mason	45 mi	2,723.3 acres	-
Sangchris Lake	Christian	15 mi	2,260.03 acres	-
Jack Lake	Mason	39 mi	1,500.58 acres	-
Treadway Lake	Cass	44 mi	1,477.8 acres	-
Powerton Cooling Lake	Tazewell	53 mi	1,410.59 acres	-
Meredosia Lake	Morgan	48 mi	1,404.55 acres	-
Stickey Lake	Fulton	41 mi	1,401 acres	-
Duck Creek Cooling Pond	Fulton	51 mi	1,399.11 acres	-
Lake Lou Yaeger	Montgomery	38 mi	1,369.33 acres	-
Miserable Lake	Fulton	50 mi	1,319.72 acres	-
Beebe Lake	Fulton	49 mi	1,299.38 acres	-
Taylorville Lake	Christian	29 mi	1,268.79 acres	-
Lake Glenn Shoals	Montgomery	40 mi	1,097.06 acres	-
Coffeen Lake	Montgomery	52 mi	881.18 acres	-
Crane Lake	Mason	41 mi	797.66 acres	-
Governor Bond Lake	Bond	60 mi	779.39 acres	-
Vandalia Municipal Reservoir	Fayette	60 mi	627.37 acres	-
Lake Jacksonville	Morgan	30 mi	461.59 acres	-
Matanzas Lake	Mason	40 mi	437.25 acres	-
Curry Lake	Schuyler	46 mi	426.5 acres	-
Otter Lake	Macoupin	28 mi	419.34 acres	-
Otter Lake	Mason	39 mi	301.22 acres	-
Big Lake	Brown	48 mi	293.56 acres	-
Smith Lake	Scott	50 mi	273.79 acres	-
Schuy-Rush Lake	Schuyler	52 mi	251.55 acres	-
Moscow Lake	Mason	39 mi	249.33 acres	-
Canton Lake	Fulton	57 mi	229.38 acres	-
Lake Pittsfield	Pike	59 mi	216.46 acres	-
Lake Pana	Shelby	44 mi	205.84 acres	-
New Gillespie Lake	Macoupin	46 mi	205.34 acres	-
River Swale	Mason	43 mi	192.83 acres	-
Lake Petersburg	Menard	18 mi	177.42 acres	-
Little Lake	Schuyler	45 mi	171.49 acres	-
Mauvaise Terre Lake	Morgan	30 mi	158.89 acres	-
Lake Carlinville	Macoupin	39 mi	155.92 acres	-
Bath Lake	Mason	39 mi	149.75 acres	-
Meyers Pond	Cass	44 mi	147.03 acres	-
Clear Lake	Sangamon	7 mi	136.4 acres	-
The Narrows	Fulton	49 mi	130.24 acres	-
Lake Wee-Ma-Tuk	Fulton	59 mi	124.54 acres	-
Sunset Lake	Macoupin	26 mi	123.31 acres	-
Sangamon Bay	Schuyler	45 mi	122.07 acres	-
Ingram Lake	Mason	41 mi	118.86 acres	-
Eagle Lake	Mason	43 mi	112.19 acres	-
Lake Hillsboro	Montgomery	43 mi	105.51 acres	-
Long Lake	Schuyler	44 mi	99.39 acres	-
Meyers Lake	Tazewell	53 mi	99.09 acres	-
Pond Lily Lake	Peoria	54 mi	92.91 acres	-
Staunton Reservoir	Macoupin	51 mi	83.77 acres	-
Sugar Creek Lake	Schuyler	45 mi	83.77 acres	-
Bunn Lake	Macoupin	36 mi	78.33 acres	-
Maraldo Lake	Tazewell	55 mi	74.63 acres	-
Fivemile Lake	Montgomery	35 mi	71.41 acres	-
Pekin Lake	Peoria	56 mi	69.68 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 109 counted lakes within 60 miles of Springfield.

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