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Lakes Near Kearney, Nebraska

26 counted Nebraska lakes sit within 60 miles of Kearney - the largest is Harlan County Lake at 12,822 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Harlan County Lake	Harlan	45 mi	12,822 acres	-
Sherman Reservoir	Sherman	44 mi	2,435 acres	-
Johnson Lake	Dawson	40 mi	2,207 acres	-
Davis Creek Reservoir	Valley	53 mi	980 acres	-
Elwood Reservoir	Gosper	41 mi	978 acres	-
Central Midway Lake	Dawson	52 mi	239 acres	-
Philips Lake	Gosper	36 mi	139 acres	-
Thirty-Two Mile Creek Reservoir	Adams	26 mi	77 acres	-
East Midway Lake	Dawson	50 mi	76 acres	-
Lake Hastings	Adams	37 mi	76 acres	-
Bredthauer Reservoir	Valley	58 mi	71 acres	-
Prairie Lake	Adams	33 mi	59 acres	-
Moses Hill Lagoon	Phelps	24 mi	52 acres	-
Hastings Nw Reservoir	Adams	35 mi	46 acres	-
Roseland Lake	Adams	28 mi	46 acres	-
Cottonmill Reservoir	Buffalo	3 mi	45 acres	-
Thirty-Two Mile Creek Reservoir	Adams	34 mi	40 acres	-
Pawnee Lake	Webster	57 mi	38 acres	-
L E Ray Lake	Hall	40 mi	31 acres	-
Ohmstede Reservoir	Webster	59 mi	31 acres	-
Lake Helen	Dawson	59 mi	30 acres	-
Box Elder Creek Reservoir 5-A	Buffalo	16 mi	28 acres	-
Whaley-Reynolds Reservoir Number 1	Gosper	40 mi	28 acres	-
Blue Hole East Lake	Buffalo	15 mi	25 acres	-
Shurigar Brothers Lake	Adams	26 mi	25 acres	-
West Midway Lake	Dawson	53 mi	25 acres	-

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