Lakes / Nebraska / Cuming County / Horseshoe Lake
Horseshoe Lake, Cuming County, Nebraska
261 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Nebraska
41.86 degrees N, 96.74 degrees W - Cuming 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 Horseshoe Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 87% of the 660 lakes counted in Nebraska.
- The largest lake in Cuming County among those counted.
- About 59 miles from Omaha, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woerdeman Lake | Cuming | 11 mi | 101 acres |
| Red Fox Lake | Stanton | 19 mi | 25 acres |
| Pilger Reservoir 1-B | Stanton | 20 mi | 41 acres |
| Sand Creek Reservoir 2 | Stanton | 23 mi | 34 acres |
| Summit Lake | Burt | 24 mi | 180 acres |
| Tekamah-Mud Creek Reservoir 9-A | Burt | 27 mi | 39 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Nebraska
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake McConaughy | Keith | 24,885 acres | - |
| 2 | Harlan County Lake | Harlan | 12,822 acres | - |
| 3 | Calamus Reservoir | Loup | 5,032 acres | - |
| 4 | Swanson Lake | Hitchcock | 4,661 acres | - |
| 5 | Sutherland Reservoir | Lincoln | 2,956 acres | - |
All 660 Nebraska 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 67084542). Verified October 30, 2026.