Lakes / Arkansas / Howard County / Lake Nickels
Lake Nickels, Arkansas
25 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Arkansas
33.96 degrees N, 93.84 degrees W - Howard 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 Lake Nickels Stacks Up
- Larger than 1% of the 623 lakes counted in Arkansas.
- About 59 miles from Hot Springs, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Plant Lake One | Howard | 7.7 mi | 53 acres |
| Scotty Lake | Howard | 12 mi | 42 acres |
| Dierks Lake | Howard | 15 mi | 30 acres |
| Lake Greeson | Pike | 18 mi | 7,090 acres |
| Old River Lake | Hempstead | 26 mi | 29 acres |
| Adams Cut-off Lake | Miller | 26 mi | 77 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Lake Nickels
How Big Is Lake Nickels?
Lake Nickels covers 25 acres in Howard County, Arkansas.
What Is the Largest Lake in Howard County?
Gillham Lake is the largest lake in Howard County, at 1,157 acres.
Largest Lakes in Arkansas
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Shoals Lake | Marion | 44,979 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Ouachita | Garland | 38,214 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Dardanelle | Johnson | 34,067 acres | - |
| 4 | Greers Ferry Lake | Cleburne | 31,054 acres | - |
| 5 | Beaver Lake | Benton | 28,026 acres | - |
All 623 Arkansas 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 66159793). Verified October 30, 2026.