Lakes / Iowa / Dubuque County / Tippy Lake
Tippy Lake, Iowa
75 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Iowa
42.42 degrees N, 90.55 degrees W - Dubuque 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 Tippy Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 37% of the 220 lakes counted in Iowa.
- About 62 miles from Davenport, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leisure Lake | Jackson | 18 mi | 53 acres |
| Bonnie Lake | Jackson | 18 mi | 68 acres |
| Western Pond | Jackson | 18 mi | 77 acres |
| Jackson Lake | Jackson | 19 mi | 67 acres |
| Flat Lake | Jackson | 19 mi | 114 acres |
| Fish Lake | Jackson | 21 mi | 48 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Iowa
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rathbun Lake | Appanoose | 13,869 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Red Rock | Marion | 8,619 acres | - |
| 3 | Spirit Lake | Dickinson | 5,463 acres | - |
| 4 | Saylorville Lake | Polk | 5,428 acres | - |
| 5 | Clear Lake | Cerro Gordo | 3,632 acres | - |
All 220 Iowa 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 155494390). Verified October 30, 2026.