Lakes / Colorado / Logan County / North Sterling Reservoir
North Sterling Reservoir, Colorado
2,650 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Colorado
40.78 degrees N, 103.29 degrees W - Logan 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 North Sterling Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 98% of the 778 lakes counted in Colorado.
- The largest lake in Logan County among those counted.
- About 115 miles from Denver, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prewitt Reservoir | Washington | 25 mi | 1,888 acres |
| A-27 Reservoir | Washington | 31 mi | 31 acres |
| Jumbo Reservoir | Logan | 34 mi | 98 acres |
| Julesburg Reservoir | Sedgwick | 35 mi | 1,418 acres |
| Pawnee Raw Water Reservoir | Morgan | 43 mi | 137 acres |
| Deering Lake | Washington | 45 mi | 78 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Colorado
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Martin Reservoir | Bent | 11,686 acres | - |
| 2 | Blue Mesa Reservoir | Gunnison | 8,944 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Granby | Grand | 7,075 acres | - |
| 4 | Lake Meredith | Crowley | 5,539 acres | - |
| 5 | Adobe Creek Reservoir | Bent | 4,770 acres | - |
All 778 Colorado 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 126891289). Verified October 30, 2026.