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Lakes Near Columbia, Missouri

59 counted Missouri lakes sit within 60 miles of Columbia - the largest is Lake of the Ozarks at 51,171.75 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake of the Ozarks	Camden	59 mi	51,171.75 acres	-
Mark Twain Lake	Ralls	51 mi	18,362.33 acres	-
Thomas Hill Reservoir	Randolph	48 mi	4,015.72 acres	-
Long Branch Lake	Macon	59 mi	2,752.13 acres	-
Cut-Off Lake	Chariton	47 mi	819.36 acres	-
Sugar Creek Lake	Randolph	37 mi	308.46 acres	-
Daniel Boone Lake	Shelby	58 mi	287.63 acres	-
Lake Nehai Tonayea	Chariton	53 mi	228.08 acres	-
Hunnewell Lake	Shelby	58 mi	222.64 acres	-
D C Rogers Lake	Howard	25 mi	203.05 acres	-
Little Dixie Lake	Callaway	12 mi	195.26 acres	-
Macon Lake	Macon	56 mi	188.74 acres	-
Holiday Acres Lake	Randolph	43 mi	165.77 acres	-
Peaceful Valley Lake	Gasconade	59 mi	158.15 acres	-
Blind Pony Lake	Saline	56 mi	154.19 acres	-
Binder Lake	Cole	25 mi	141.93 acres	-
Pinnacle Lake	Montgomery	50 mi	114.66 acres	-
Spring Fork Lake	Pettis	56 mi	113.79 acres	-
Golden Eagle Lake	Montgomery	52 mi	104.53 acres	-
Teal Lake	Audrain	28 mi	82.78 acres	-
Lake Northwood	Gasconade	59 mi	77.1 acres	-
Bo Co Mo Lake	Boone	7 mi	75.75 acres	-
Lake Tebo	Pettis	57 mi	72.9 acres	-
Fayette Lake	Howard	26 mi	61.76 acres	-
Lake Champetra	Boone	19 mi	60.82 acres	-
Monroe Lake B	Monroe	56 mi	59.88 acres	-
Leisure Lake	Callaway	28 mi	46.96 acres	-
Lake Lochaweeno	Callaway	32 mi	46.72 acres	-
Shelbina Lake	Shelby	55 mi	45.71 acres	-
Elliot Davis Lake	Howard	24 mi	45.13 acres	-
Paul Herring Lake	Callaway	24 mi	43.11 acres	-
Canyon Lake	Callaway	31 mi	41.29 acres	-
Twehaus Lake	Cole	34 mi	41.02 acres	-
Perry Phillips Lake	Boone	4 mi	40.93 acres	-
Feutz Lake	Audrain	20 mi	39.59 acres	-
C and A Lake	Audrain	30 mi	39.04 acres	-
Lake Carmel	Cole	36 mi	38.3 acres	-
Clithero Lake	Pike	53 mi	38.09 acres	-
Charwood Lake	Maries	55 mi	36.32 acres	-
Heron Lake	Montgomery	53 mi	35.61 acres	-
Vandalia Lake	Audrain	47 mi	35.09 acres	-
Lake Timber Ridge	Gasconade	52 mi	34.59 acres	-
Slater Lake	Saline	43 mi	34.3 acres	-
Lake Wata	Randolph	33 mi	33.61 acres	-
Kohl Lake	Randolph	42 mi	33.22 acres	-
Holiday Acres Lake - Upstream	Randolph	44 mi	32.51 acres	-
Whiteside Lake	Chariton	44 mi	32.4 acres	-
M K T Lake	Howard	23 mi	32.37 acres	-
Boggs Lake	Gasconade	54 mi	31.88 acres	-
Williams Lake	Audrain	18 mi	29.84 acres	-
Treeline Lake	Camden	57 mi	29.65 acres	-
Silver Creek Lake	Boone	10 mi	28.16 acres	-
Weldon H. 'Pete' Steiner Reservoir	Pike	58 mi	27.52 acres	-
Tri-City Lake	Boone	18 mi	27.18 acres	-
Backues Lake	Randolph	23 mi	26.42 acres	-
Grace Lake	Carroll	59 mi	26.27 acres	-
Lakeview Park Lake	Audrain	28 mi	25.66 acres	-
Lake Caroline	Boone	6 mi	25.45 acres	-
Number 130 Reservoir	Pettis	58 mi	25.39 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.