Lakes / Indiana / Orange County / Patoka Lake
Patoka Lake, Indiana
9,120.83 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Indiana
38.41 degrees N, 86.64 degrees W - Orange 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 Patoka Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #2 for surface area among the Indiana lakes counted so far - 9,120.83 acres.
- The largest lake in Orange County among those counted.
- About 52 miles from Bloomington, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Lake | Orange | 6.5 mi | 129.84 acres |
| Beaver Creek Lake | Dubois | 11 mi | 164.94 acres |
| Ferdinand State Forest Lake | Dubois | 13 mi | 39.66 acres |
| Indian Lake | Perry | 15 mi | 129.19 acres |
| Ruxer Lake | Dubois | 15 mi | 29.04 acres |
| Izaak Walton Lake | Dubois | 15 mi | 26.63 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Indiana
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monroe Lake | Monroe | 11,112.45 acres | - |
| 2 | Patoka Lake | Orange | 9,120.83 acres | - |
| 3 | Brookville Lake | Franklin | 4,364.22 acres | - |
| 4 | Lake Wawasee | Kosciusko | 3,426.28 acres | - |
| 5 | Broad Pond | Gibson | 2,941.52 acres | - |
All 425 Indiana lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (The National Map) lake data (ID 62684173). Verified October 30, 2026.