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Lakes Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa

33 counted Iowa lakes sit within 60 miles of Cedar Rapids - the largest is Lake MacBride at 866 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake MacBride	Johnson	14 mi	866 acres	-
Hartwick Lake	Delaware	34 mi	506 acres	-
Lake Darling	Washington	55 mi	243 acres	-
Wiese Slough	Muscatine	40 mi	186 acres	-
Lake Ponderosa	Poweshiek	55 mi	168 acres	-
Lily Pond	Iowa	17 mi	166 acres	-
Cedar Lake	Linn	1 mi	114 acres	-
Lake Ponderosa	Poweshiek	54 mi	111 acres	-
Union Grove Lake	Tama	55 mi	106 acres	-
Quaker Mill Pond	Delaware	38 mi	105 acres	-
Backbone Lake	Delaware	44 mi	101 acres	-
Diamond Lake	Poweshiek	53 mi	90 acres	-
Holiday Lake	Poweshiek	42 mi	90 acres	-
Lake Iowa	Iowa	35 mi	81 acres	-
George Wyth Lake	Black Hawk	54 mi	80 acres	-
Otter Creek Lake	Tama	44 mi	61 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Louisa	43 mi	60 acres	-
I-280 Lake	Scott	60 mi	54 acres	-
Cone Lake	Muscatine	45 mi	53 acres	-
Leisure Lake	Jackson	49 mi	53 acres	-
Delwein Lake	Fayette	48 mi	52 acres	-
Lake Oelwein	Buchanan	45 mi	42 acres	-
Hannen Lake	Benton	24 mi	38 acres	-
Little Lewis Lake	Linn	14 mi	37 acres	-
Big Lake	Louisa	43 mi	35 acres	-
Hanson Lake	Black Hawk	46 mi	35 acres	-
Swan Lake	Johnson	14 mi	35 acres	-
Sportsman Lake	Tama	52 mi	33 acres	-
Cherry Lake	Tama	47 mi	30 acres	-
Muskrat Lake	Louisa	58 mi	30 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Clinton	57 mi	29 acres	-
Fisher Lake	Black Hawk	54 mi	29 acres	-
Big Lewis Lake	Linn	13 mi	26 acres	-

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