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Lakes Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana

75 counted Louisiana lakes sit within 60 miles of Baton Rouge - the largest is Lake Maurepas at 58,308.4 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Maurepas	Livingston	41 mi	58,308.4 acres	-
Lac des Allemands	St. John the Baptist	50 mi	16,593.87 acres	-
Lake Fausse Pointe	Iberia	42 mi	16,501 acres	6 ft
Lake Verret	Assumption	39 mi	15,076.76 acres	-
Lake Palourde	St. Martin	50 mi	10,809.86 acres	-
Lake Bigeux	St. Martin	37 mi	4,794.83 acres	-
Sixmile Lake	St. Mary	48 mi	3,331.46 acres	-
False River	Pointe Coupee	23 mi	3,212 acres	65 ft
Monday Lake	Pointe Coupee	37 mi	2,195.03 acres	-
Grassy Lake	St. Martin	47 mi	1,241.45 acres	-
Spanish Lake	St. Martin	50 mi	1,217.11 acres	-
Duck Lake	St. Martin	45 mi	1,175.34 acres	-
Lake Peigneur	Iberia	59 mi	1,160.85 acres	-
Cow Island Lake	St. Martin	31 mi	624.56 acres	-
Lower Sunk Lake	Avoyelles	58 mi	593.36 acres	-
Lake Cocodrie	Terrebonne	59 mi	575.2 acres	-
Lake Killarney	West Feliciana	44 mi	475.92 acres	-
Lake la Pointe	St. Martin	48 mi	437.28 acres	-
Sugar Lake	West Feliciana	42 mi	388.29 acres	-
Lake Ramsay	St. Tammany	58 mi	358.97 acres	-
Red River Bay	Avoyelles	60 mi	355.71 acres	-
Gar Pond	West Baton Rouge	10 mi	270.94 acres	-
Lake Boeuf	Lafourche	56 mi	266.13 acres	-
Bateman Lake	St. Mary	56 mi	260.72 acres	-
Lake Pelba	St. Martin	35 mi	216.86 acres	-
Spanish Lake	Iberville	13 mi	213.25 acres	-
Bay Baron	St. Martin	37 mi	201.75 acres	-
Bay Toni	St. Martin	36 mi	201.17 acres	-
University Lake	East Baton Rouge	3 mi	195.71 acres	-
Sutton Lake	Avoyelles	59 mi	189.13 acres	-
Smith Bay	Avoyelles	59 mi	179.8 acres	-
Big Lake Moreau	Pointe Coupee	46 mi	156.27 acres	-
Belson Lake	Avoyelles	57 mi	155.18 acres	-
Boutte Cove	St. Martin	44 mi	150.76 acres	-
Mud Lake	St. Mary	55 mi	150.29 acres	-
Artonish Lake	Concordia	54 mi	141.89 acres	-
Grand Avoille Cove	St. Mary	44 mi	137.95 acres	-
Grand Bay	Concordia	54 mi	134.14 acres	-
Warner Lake	St. Martin	31 mi	121.89 acres	-
Green Lake	West Feliciana	41 mi	118.16 acres	-
Bay Wallace	Terrebonne	57 mi	109.78 acres	-
Crossing Cove	St. Martin	32 mi	109.43 acres	-
Grand Lake	West Feliciana	20 mi	104.77 acres	-
Fish Bayou Lake	Avoyelles	59 mi	102.37 acres	-
Martin Bay	Concordia	53 mi	99.97 acres	-
Kellers Lake	Concordia	50 mi	89.98 acres	-
Shaw Lake	Pointe Coupee	34 mi	89.94 acres	-
Bay Lake	Pointe Coupee	36 mi	89.35 acres	-
Morel Lake	Concordia	56 mi	88.44 acres	-
Catahoula Lake	St. Martin	37 mi	76.86 acres	-
Lake Rosemound	West Feliciana	39 mi	74.63 acres	-
Grand Bay	Pointe Coupee	18 mi	62.64 acres	-
Devils Swamp Lake	East Baton Rouge	9 mi	58.23 acres	-
Lake Breeze	West Feliciana	41 mi	57.35 acres	-
Spanish Lake	St. Mary	59 mi	56.62 acres	-
Charity Lake	West Feliciana	45 mi	53.62 acres	-
Jackass Bay	St. Martin	36 mi	53.01 acres	-
City Park Lake	East Baton Rouge	2 mi	52.39 acres	-
Chappepeela Lake	Tangipahoa	50 mi	52.39 acres	-
Haha Bay	St. Martin	35 mi	48.05 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 75 counted lakes within 60 miles of Baton Rouge.

Sources: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries lake data; lake coordinates from the LDWF. Verified October 30, 2026.