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Lakes Near Lincoln, Nebraska

112 counted Nebraska lakes sit within 60 miles of Lincoln - the largest is Branched Oak Lake at 1,757 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Branched Oak Lake	Lancaster	14 mi	1,757 acres	-
Lake Babcock	Platte	58 mi	846 acres	-
Pawnee Lake	Lancaster	9 mi	620 acres	-
Lake Wanahoo	Saunders	30 mi	406 acres	-
Glenn Cunningham Lake	Douglas	50 mi	345 acres	-
Wagon Train Lake	Lancaster	14 mi	299 acres	-
Beaver Lake	Cass	43 mi	297 acres	-
Salt Lake	Lancaster	2 mi	294 acres	-
Newport Landing Lake	Douglas	47 mi	257 acres	-
Bluestem Lake	Lancaster	13 mi	256 acres	-
Zorinsky Lake	Douglas	39 mi	235 acres	-
Wehrspann Lake	Sarpy	37 mi	216 acres	-
Lake North	Platte	58 mi	202 acres	-
Conestoga Lake	Lancaster	9 mi	190 acres	-
Yankee Hill Lake	Lancaster	7 mi	185 acres	-
Stagecoach Lake	Lancaster	15 mi	172 acres	-
Big Sandy Lake	Saunders	29 mi	159 acres	-
Kirkmans Cove Lake	Richardson	57 mi	155 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Seward	13 mi	149 acres	-
Rockford Lake	Gage	41 mi	138 acres	-
Burchard Lake	Pawnee	49 mi	135 acres	-
Olive Creek Lake	Lancaster	18 mi	128 acres	-
Lonergan Lake	Douglas	52 mi	116 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 14-A	Jefferson	46 mi	114 acres	-
Victory Lake	Dodge	44 mi	114 acres	-
Wildwood Lake	Lancaster	17 mi	110 acres	-
Holmes Lake	Lancaster	4 mi	107 acres	-
Standing Bear Reservoir	Douglas	46 mi	106 acres	-
Memphis Lake	Saunders	24 mi	97 acres	-
Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir 25-C	Gage	27 mi	86 acres	-
Wolf Lakes	Saunders	43 mi	86 acres	-
Walnut Creek Lake	Sarpy	40 mi	84 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 12-D	Jefferson	42 mi	80 acres	-
Big Indian Creek Reservoir 11-A	Gage	52 mi	74 acres	-
Big Indian Creek Reservoir 17-B	Jefferson	45 mi	73 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 7-A	Otoe	37 mi	73 acres	-
Arrowhead Lake	Gage	50 mi	72 acres	-
Wagners Lake	Platte	55 mi	72 acres	-
Czechland Lake	Saunders	36 mi	70 acres	-
Meadow Lake	Dodge	44 mi	62 acres	-
Cedar Creek Reservoir 9-A	Gage	35 mi	61 acres	-
Mud Creek Reservoir 2-A	Gage	38 mi	59 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 10-A	Jefferson	40 mi	58 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 13-C	Jefferson	46 mi	57 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 17-A	Jefferson	46 mi	57 acres	-
Johnson Creek Reservoir 22-A	Saunders	29 mi	56 acres	-
Cub Creek Reservoir 12-C	Jefferson	41 mi	55 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 12-T	Otoe	25 mi	54 acres	-
Big Indian Creek Reservoir 17-A	Jefferson	49 mi	52 acres	-
Spring Creek Reservoir 5-A	Johnson	40 mi	51 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 12-S	Cass	25 mi	51 acres	-
Big Indian Creek Reservoir 10-A	Jefferson	48 mi	48 acres	-
Big Indian Creek Reservoir 16-B	Gage	45 mi	48 acres	-
Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir 21-B	Lancaster	22 mi	48 acres	-
Peanut Creek Reservoir 57-A	Seward	19 mi	47 acres	-
W-M Lake	Cass	39 mi	47 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 11-A	Cass	24 mi	47 acres	-
Buckley Creek Reservoir 4-A	Jefferson	57 mi	46 acres	-
Riverside Lakes	Douglas	38 mi	45 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Seward	13 mi	45 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 112 counted lakes within 60 miles of Lincoln.

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