Lakes / Arkansas / Baxter County / Norfork Lake
Norfork Lake, Arkansas
18,811 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Arkansas
36.36 degrees N, 92.24 degrees W - Baxter 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 Norfork Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #6 for surface area among the Arkansas lakes counted so far - 18,811 acres.
- About 93 miles from Jonesboro, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Shoals Lake | Marion | 30 mi | 44,979 acres |
| Diamond Lake | Izard | 30 mi | 610 acres |
| Lake Omaha | Fulton | 36 mi | 139 acres |
| Lake Chanute | Fulton | 37 mi | 55 acres |
| Lake Thunderbird | Sharp | 39 mi | 242 acres |
| Lake Cherokee | Sharp | 40 mi | 27 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
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 105341319). Verified October 30, 2026.