Lakes / Iowa / Guthrie County / Lake Panorama
Lake Panorama, Iowa
1,179 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
41.72 degrees N, 94.41 degrees W - Guthrie 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 Panorama Stacks Up
- Ranks #8 for surface area among the Iowa lakes counted so far - 1,179 acres.
- The largest lake in Guthrie County among those counted.
- About 42 miles from Des Moines, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bays Branch Lake | Guthrie | 4.5 mi | 192 acres |
| Diamondhead Lake | Dallas | 14 mi | 96 acres |
| Meadow Lake | Adair | 23 mi | 36 acres |
| Spring Lake | Greene | 24 mi | 49 acres |
| Goose Lake | Greene | 27 mi | 45 acres |
| Lake Anita | Cass | 28 mi | 154 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 155016997). Verified October 30, 2026.