Lakes / Nevada / Nye County / Mud Lake
Mud Lake, Nye County, Nevada
827 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Nevada
37.61 degrees N, 117.01 degrees W - Nye 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 Mud Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 76% of the 203 lakes counted in Nevada.
- About 122 miles from Henderson, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Lake | Nye | 22 mi | 626 acres |
| Dry Lake | Nye | 34 mi | 1,821 acres |
| Millers Pond | Esmeralda | 43 mi | 41 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Mud Lake
How Big Is Mud Lake?
Mud Lake covers 827 acres in Nye County, Nevada.
What Is the Largest Lake in Nye County?
Dry Lake is the largest lake in Nye County, at 3,172 acres.
Largest Lakes in Nevada
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Mead | Clark | 133,758 acres | - |
| 2 | Pyramid Lake | Washoe | 108,982 acres | - |
| 3 | Walker Lake | Mineral | 29,655 acres | - |
| 4 | Rye Patch Reservoir | Pershing | 11,474 acres | - |
| 5 | Lahontan Reservoir | Lyon | 9,999 acres | - |
All 203 Nevada 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 128898199). Verified October 30, 2026.