Lakes / Iowa / Greene County / Goose Lake
Goose Lake, Greene County, Iowa
45 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
42.11 degrees N, 94.40 degrees W - Greene County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Goose Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 23% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 54 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake | Greene | 6.8 mi | 49 acres |
| Artesian Lake | Carroll | 14 mi | 25 acres |
| Don Williams Lake | Boone | 20 mi | 142 acres |
| Swan Lake | Carroll | 23 mi | 131 acres |
| Bays Branch Lake | Guthrie | 27 mi | 192 acres |
| Lake Panorama | Guthrie | 27 mi | 1,179 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Iowa
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rathbun Lake | Appanoose | 13,869 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Red Rock | Marion | 8,619 acres | - |
| 3 | Spirit Lake | Dickinson | 5,463 acres | - |
| 4 | Saylorville Lake | Polk | 5,428 acres | - |
| 5 | Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo | 3,632 acres | - |
All 220 Iowa lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 137045354). Verified October 30, 2026.