Lakes / Colorado / Baca County / Two Buttes Reservoir
Two Buttes Reservoir, Colorado
757 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Colorado
37.63 degrees N, 102.56 degrees W - Baca 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 Two Buttes Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 93% of the 778 lakes counted in Colorado.
- The largest lake in Baca County among those counted.
- About 148 miles from Colorado Springs, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| R R Rutherford Reservoir | Baca | 14 mi | 51 acres |
| Denny Lake | Bent | 28 mi | 38 acres |
| Lake Hasty | Bent | 36 mi | 25 acres |
| Lake Hasty | Bent | 36 mi | 37 acres |
| G W Verhoeff Reservoir | Bent | 38 mi | 69 acres |
| Heinan Lake | Bent | 39 mi | 40 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 130238526). Verified October 30, 2026.