Lakes / Iowa / Hamilton County / Goose Lake
Goose Lake, Hamilton County, Iowa
79 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
42.31 degrees N, 93.63 degrees W - Hamilton 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 41% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 50 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Wall Lake | Hamilton | 3.2 mi | 245 acres |
| Big Wall Lake | Wright | 21 mi | 384 acres |
| Don Williams Lake | Boone | 24 mi | 142 acres |
| Hickory Grove Lake | Story | 26 mi | 79 acres |
| Upper Pine Lake | Hardin | 29 mi | 89 acres |
| Elm Lake | Wright | 31 mi | 336 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 133402931). Verified October 30, 2026.