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Lakes Near Rochester, Minnesota

68 counted Minnesota lakes sit within 60 miles of Rochester - the largest is Pepin at 12,299 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Pepin	Goodhue	34 mi	12,299 acres	60 ft
Albert Lea	Freeborn	50 mi	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
Freeborn	Freeborn	58 mi	2,034 acres	6.7 ft
Geneva	Freeborn	43 mi	1,884 acres	3.5 ft
Cannon	Rice	48 mi	1,593 acres	15 ft
Spring	Dakota	57 mi	1,494 acres	17 ft
Byllesby	Dakota	42 mi	1,368 acres	50 ft
Tetonka	Le Sueur	59 mi	1,358 acres	35 ft
Shields	Rice	54 mi	940 acres	42 ft
Cedar	Rice	52 mi	902 acres	42 ft
Upper Sakatah	Le Sueur	55 mi	892 acres	12 ft
French	Rice	51 mi	876 acres	56 ft
Circle	Rice	51 mi	838 acres	14 ft
Zumbro	Olmsted	11 mi	715 acres	43 ft
Mazaska	Rice	52 mi	688 acres	50 ft
Wells	Rice	47 mi	677 acres	4 ft
Clear	Waseca	51 mi	649 acres	34 ft
Roberds	Rice	49 mi	632 acres	43 ft
Pickeral	Freeborn	54 mi	588 acres	6 ft
Fountain	Freeborn	52 mi	522 acres	14 ft
Horseshoe	Le Sueur	55 mi	417 acres	26 ft
Union	Rice	52 mi	397 acres	10 ft
Lower Sakatah	Rice	54 mi	372 acres	7 ft
Rice	Rice	55 mi	331 acres	6.7 ft
Caron	Rice	54 mi	319 acres	4 ft
Fox	Rice	50 mi	312 acres	47 ft
Winona	Winona	41 mi	308 acres	38 ft
Phelps	Rice	59 mi	303 acres	8 ft
Cody	Rice	59 mi	259 acres	14 ft
Chub	Dakota	53 mi	228 acres	10 ft
Clear	Goodhue	45 mi	226 acres	7 ft
Goose	Goodhue	42 mi	220 acres	5.7 ft
Reeds	Waseca	58 mi	195 acres	58 ft
Hunt	Rice	53 mi	176 acres	27 ft
White	Freeborn	53 mi	168 acres	4 ft
Shady	Olmsted	11 mi	144 acres	13 ft
Toner's	Waseca	57 mi	130 acres	6 ft
Kelly & Dudley	Rice	50 mi	128 acres	60 ft
Loon	Waseca	53 mi	125 acres	9 ft
Sunfish	Le Sueur	58 mi	121 acres	30 ft
Lily	Waseca	60 mi	114 acres	23 ft
Silver Crk Reservoir SR-2	Olmsted	5 mi	107 acres	-
Bear Creek Reservoir	Olmsted	8 mi	104 acres	37 ft
Beaver	Steele	45 mi	98 acres	27 ft
St. Olaf	Waseca	48 mi	91 acres	33 ft
Rebecca	Dakota	54 mi	82 acres	15 ft
Frontenac	Goodhue	34 mi	79 acres	8 ft
Goodview	Winona	37 mi	77 acres	26 ft
Cascade Ponds	Olmsted	2 mi	72 acres	-
School Section	Freeborn	53 mi	68 acres	4.1 ft
Willow Reservoir 6A	Olmsted	6 mi	60 acres	22 ft
Kalmar Reservoir (KR-7)	Olmsted	6 mi	55 acres	-
Ramsey Mill Pond	Mower	33 mi	53 acres	18 ft
Silver	Olmsted	1 mi	50 acres	11 ft
East Side	Mower	34 mi	40 acres	10 ft
Willow Reservoir 4	Olmsted	5 mi	36 acres	24 ft
Cobblestone	Dakota	59 mi	35 acres	18 ft
South Fork	Houston	60 mi	35 acres	15 ft
Kohlmeier	Steele	39 mi	34 acres	14 ft
Foster-Arend	Olmsted	3 mi	18 acres	42 ft

Showing the 60 largest of 68 counted lakes within 60 miles of Rochester.

Sources: Minnesota DNR lake data; lake coordinates from the DNR. Verified October 30, 2026.