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Lakes Near Bloomington, Indiana

89 counted Indiana lakes sit within 60 miles of Bloomington - the largest is Monroe Lake at 11,112.45 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Monroe Lake	Monroe	9 mi	11,112.45 acres	-
Patoka Lake	Orange	52 mi	9,120.83 acres	-
Cecil M Harden Lake	Parke	49 mi	1,673.59 acres	-
Turtle Creek Lake	Sullivan	54 mi	1,557.7 acres	-
Lake Lemon	Monroe	10 mi	1,503.82 acres	-
Eagle Creek Reservoir	Marion	48 mi	1,268.23 acres	-
Cagles Mill Lake	Owen	29 mi	1,235.13 acres	-
Dogwood Lake	Daviess	51 mi	1,235.08 acres	-
Greenwood Lake	Martin	26 mi	830.7 acres	-
West Boggs Lake	Daviess	37 mi	545.48 acres	-
Lake Sullivan	Sullivan	46 mi	468.2 acres	-
Glenn Flint Lake	Putnam	45 mi	359.8 acres	-
Heritage Lake	Putnam	40 mi	356.08 acres	-
Lake Waveland	Montgomery	58 mi	337.27 acres	-
Grandview Lake	Bartholomew	26 mi	322.26 acres	-
Sweetwater Lake	Brown	23 mi	279.17 acres	-
Lake Kickapoo	Sullivan	39 mi	258.04 acres	-
Lamb Lake	Johnson	23 mi	254.74 acres	-
John Hays Lake	Washington	39 mi	212.04 acres	-
Cordry Lake	Brown	24 mi	166.66 acres	-
Beaver Creek Lake	Dubois	56 mi	164.94 acres	-
Brush Creek Reservoir	Jennings	55 mi	146.43 acres	-
Tucker Lake	Orange	47 mi	129.84 acres	-
Starve Hollow Lake	Jackson	34 mi	125.52 acres	-
Yellowwood Lake	Brown	10 mi	123.1 acres	-
Painted Hills Lake	Morgan	18 mi	122.68 acres	-
Scottsburg Reservoir	Scott	53 mi	118.8 acres	-
Griffy Reservoir	Monroe	3 mi	118.44 acres	-
Country Squire Lake	Jennings	46 mi	113.15 acres	-
Izaak Walton Lake	Vigo	53 mi	96.23 acres	-
Harrison Lake	Bartholomew	27 mi	94.66 acres	-
Old Swimmin Hole Lake	Morgan	24 mi	87.7 acres	-
Schaefer Lake	Bartholomew	42 mi	87.03 acres	-
Paint Mill Lake	Vigo	46 mi	86.17 acres	-
Patton Lake	Morgan	23 mi	86.08 acres	-
Prairie Creek Structure Number B-4-7	Daviess	43 mi	83.82 acres	-
Long Pond	Knox	56 mi	83.44 acres	-
Lutheran Lake	Bartholomew	25 mi	82.14 acres	-
Lake Salinda	Washington	47 mi	75.64 acres	-
Ken-Ray Lake	Lawrence	25 mi	68.03 acres	-
South Lake	Vigo	53 mi	63.66 acres	-
Indian Lake	Marion	57 mi	60.77 acres	-
East Lake	Johnson	26 mi	58.23 acres	-
Rocky Fork Lake	Parke	45 mi	58.04 acres	-
Lake Lenape	Greene	38 mi	57.63 acres	-
Greenfield Bayou	Vigo	55 mi	57.07 acres	-
Maria Pond	Knox	58 mi	55.69 acres	-
Lake Tarzian	Jackson	17 mi	55.27 acres	-
Old Channel Lake	Sullivan	59 mi	55.07 acres	-
Lake Shakamak	Sullivan	38 mi	54.21 acres	-
Green Lake	Brown	22 mi	54 acres	-
Pisgah Lake	Johnson	31 mi	50.93 acres	-
Lake Edgewood	Morgan	20 mi	50.69 acres	-
Green Valley Mine Pond	Vigo	58 mi	50.34 acres	-
Lake Woodland	Hamilton	59 mi	47.83 acres	-
Little Nebo Lake	Morgan	19 mi	47.5 acres	-
Prairie Creek Structure Number A-4-1	Daviess	34 mi	45.88 acres	-
Reservoir Number Twenty-six	Sullivan	40 mi	44.73 acres	-
More Lake	Sullivan	41 mi	43.25 acres	-
Hulman Street Reservoir	Vigo	48 mi	42.28 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 89 counted lakes within 60 miles of Bloomington.

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