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Lakes Near South Bend, Indiana

224 counted Indiana lakes sit within 60 miles of South Bend - the largest is Lake Wawasee at 3,426.28 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Wawasee	Kosciusko	34 mi	3,426.28 acres	-
Lake Maxinkuckee	Marshall	34 mi	1,909.81 acres	-
Tippecanoe Lake	Kosciusko	35 mi	840.03 acres	-
Colonial Pond	Fulton	43 mi	809.9 acres	-
Sylvan Lake	Noble	48 mi	653.42 acres	-
Webster Lake	Kosciusko	38 mi	650.45 acres	-
Little Chapman Lake	Kosciusko	36 mi	639.54 acres	-
Dewart Lake	Kosciusko	33 mi	549.51 acres	-
Big Turkey Lake	Steuben	55 mi	469.53 acres	-
Waldron Lake	Noble	45 mi	428.86 acres	-
Hudson Lake	LaPorte	16 mi	427.41 acres	-
Lake of the Wood	Marshall	17 mi	420.83 acres	-
Dallas Lake	LaGrange	44 mi	407.12 acres	-
Big Long Lake	LaGrange	53 mi	392.29 acres	-
Oliver Lake	LaGrange	44 mi	389.69 acres	-
Koontz Lake	Starke	21 mi	339.49 acres	-
Worster Lake	St. Joseph	11 mi	336.95 acres	-
Lake Gage	Steuben	59 mi	336.85 acres	-
Big Barbee Lake	Kosciusko	39 mi	314.79 acres	-
Simonton Lake	Elkhart	16 mi	302.86 acres	-
Adams Lake	LaGrange	48 mi	301.51 acres	-
James Lake	Kosciusko	37 mi	285.7 acres	-
Lake George	Lake	54 mi	275.53 acres	-
Upper Fish Lake	LaPorte	17 mi	267.41 acres	-
Pike Lake	Kosciusko	36 mi	257.39 acres	-
Bruce Lake	Fulton	43 mi	247.1 acres	-
Blue Lake	Whitley	55 mi	245.61 acres	-
Palestine Lake	Kosciusko	38 mi	244.79 acres	-
Witmer Lake	LaGrange	46 mi	237.56 acres	-
Big Lake	Noble	48 mi	235.83 acres	-
Loon Lake	Noble	46 mi	226.21 acres	-
Lake Louise	Porter	49 mi	226.18 acres	-
Shipshewana Lake	LaGrange	33 mi	222.21 acres	-
Crooked Lake	Whitley	49 mi	204.92 acres	-
Waubee Lake	Kosciusko	29 mi	198.71 acres	-
Hoffman Lake	Kosciusko	31 mi	193.79 acres	-
Lake Holiday	Lake	54 mi	191.53 acres	-
Papakeechie Lake	Kosciusko	37 mi	187.24 acres	-
Pretty Lake	LaGrange	52 mi	185.12 acres	-
Atwood Lake	LaGrange	44 mi	170.92 acres	-
Deep Lake	Steuben	55 mi	163.86 acres	-
Mud Lake	St. Joseph	8 mi	158.83 acres	-
Yellow Creek Lake	Kosciusko	42 mi	155.08 acres	-
Beaver Dam Lake	Kosciusko	43 mi	154.69 acres	-
Ontario Millpond	LaGrange	46 mi	149.26 acres	-
North Little Lake	Kosciusko	45 mi	141.98 acres	-
Ridinger Lake	Kosciusko	42 mi	140.85 acres	-
Kuhn Lake	Kosciusko	40 mi	140.02 acres	-
Wall Lake	LaGrange	54 mi	139.82 acres	-
Little Turkey Lake	LaGrange	54 mi	139.09 acres	-
Round Lake	Whitley	52 mi	138.46 acres	-
North Twin Lake	LaGrange	41 mi	137.63 acres	-
Bear Lake	Noble	45 mi	136.72 acres	-
Lake of the Woods	LaGrange	55 mi	132.76 acres	-
Skinner Lake	Noble	49 mi	130.51 acres	-
Bixler Lake	Noble	54 mi	128.57 acres	-
Zehner Millpond	Marshall	27 mi	128.56 acres	-
Cedar Lake	LaGrange	46 mi	127.9 acres	-
Shriner Lake	Whitley	51 mi	125.86 acres	-
Goshen Dam Pond	Elkhart	23 mi	125.51 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 224 counted lakes within 60 miles of South Bend.

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