Lakes / Nebraska / York County / Recharge Lake
Recharge Lake, Nebraska
36 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Nebraska
40.87 degrees N, 97.63 degrees W - York 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 Recharge Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 20% of the 660 lakes counted in Nebraska.
- The largest lake in York County among those counted.
- About 37 miles from Grand Island, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks Lake | York | 9.2 mi | 28 acres |
| Horseshoe Lake | Seward | 31 mi | 29 acres |
| Rolfsmeier Reservoir | Seward | 31 mi | 29 acres |
| Swan Creek Reservoir 5-C | Saline | 32 mi | 30 acres |
| Swan Creek Reservoir 6-C | Saline | 32 mi | 26 acres |
| Rolfsmeier Reservoir Number 1 | Seward | 33 mi | 35 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Nebraska
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake McConaughy | Keith | 24,885 acres | - |
| 2 | Harlan County Lake | Harlan | 12,822 acres | - |
| 3 | Calamus Reservoir | Loup | 5,032 acres | - |
| 4 | Swanson Lake | Hitchcock | 4,661 acres | - |
| 5 | Sutherland Reservoir | Lincoln | 2,956 acres | - |
All 660 Nebraska 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 113952925). Verified October 30, 2026.