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Lakes Near Great Falls, Montana

66 counted Montana lakes sit within 60 miles of Great Falls - the largest is Lake Elwell at 14,842 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Elwell	Liberty	58 mi	14,842 acres	About 150 ft
Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	51 mi	3,667 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	12 mi	2,699.9 acres	-
Freezeout Lake	Teton	38 mi	2,596 acres	-
Pishkun Reservoir	Teton	58 mi	1,518 acres	About 78 ft
Kingsbury Lake	Chouteau	42 mi	1,463.6 acres	-
Willow Creek Reservoir	Lewis and Clark	56 mi	1,314 acres	About 50 ft
Big Lake	Chouteau	41 mi	1,212.5 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	10 mi	854.9 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	10 mi	766.1 acres	-
White Lake	Chouteau	41 mi	754.6 acres	-
Upper Holter Lake	Lewis and Clark	57 mi	695 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	13 mi	560.2 acres	-
Nilan Reservoir	Lewis and Clark	60 mi	521 acres	-
Shonkin Lake	Chouteau	35 mi	498.2 acres	-
Pond Number Four	Teton	40 mi	492.7 acres	-
Pond Number One	Teton	40 mi	431 acres	-
Black Horse Lake	Cascade	7 mi	426 acres	-
Farmers Reservoir	Teton	59 mi	419 acres	-
Harwood Lake	Chouteau	43 mi	383.5 acres	-
Eureka Reservoir	Teton	55 mi	366 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	13 mi	362 acres	-
Priest Butte Lakes	Teton	43 mi	309.2 acres	-
Benton Lake	Cascade	14 mi	240.7 acres	-
Pond Number Three	Teton	39 mi	235 acres	-
Schrammeck Lake	Cascade	22 mi	207.3 acres	-
Dammel Reservoir	Chouteau	54 mi	207.1 acres	-
Bean Lake	Lewis and Clark	56 mi	206 acres	About 21 ft
Davis Lake	Teton	38 mi	188.8 acres	-
Split Rock Lake	Teton	60 mi	171 acres	About 11 ft
Lost Lake	Chouteau	37 mi	170.5 acres	-
Eyraud Lakes	Teton	49 mi	166.8 acres	-
Clear Lake	Chouteau	47 mi	159.5 acres	-
Black Horse Lake	Cascade	8 mi	149.7 acres	-
Big Sag Lake	Chouteau	26 mi	148.8 acres	-
Priest Butte Lakes	Teton	44 mi	137.4 acres	-
Rocky Reef Reservoir	Cascade	25 mi	136.2 acres	-
Big Lake	Chouteau	42 mi	110.8 acres	-
Pond Number Two	Teton	39 mi	101.1 acres	-
Pond Number Five	Teton	38 mi	92.6 acres	-
Pond Number Six	Teton	37 mi	92.2 acres	-
Smith Lake	Lewis and Clark	60 mi	70 acres	-
Floweree Lake	Chouteau	19 mi	69.2 acres	-
Antelope Lake	Chouteau	21 mi	67.2 acres	-
Rice Reservoir	Chouteau	24 mi	66.7 acres	-
Sand Lake	Chouteau	36 mi	65.7 acres	-
Flick Lake	Chouteau	15 mi	62.8 acres	-
Connors Lake	Lewis and Clark	57 mi	56.8 acres	-
Fowler Reservoir	Toole	50 mi	54.1 acres	-
Meyer Lake	Lewis and Clark	49 mi	52.9 acres	-
Eyraud Lakes	Pondera	49 mi	48.9 acres	-
Romain Reservoir	Liberty	48 mi	48.7 acres	-
Krone Lake	Lewis and Clark	54 mi	43.2 acres	-
Middle Creek Lake	Cascade	44 mi	41.3 acres	-
Gollaher Reservoir	Cascade	26 mi	38 acres	About 18 ft
Panton Coulee Reservoir	Chouteau	53 mi	32 acres	-
Rocky Reef Reservoir	Cascade	26 mi	30.6 acres	-
Middle Lake	Teton	49 mi	30.4 acres	-
Stoyanoff Lake	Meagher	56 mi	28.2 acres	-
Basin Lake	Teton	49 mi	26.7 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 66 counted lakes within 60 miles of Great Falls.

Sources: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks lake data; lake coordinates from the FWP. Verified October 30, 2026.