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Lakes Near North Platte, Nebraska

36 counted Nebraska lakes sit within 60 miles of North Platte - the largest is Lake McConaughy at 24,885 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake McConaughy	Keith	55 mi	24,885 acres	-
Sutherland Reservoir	Lincoln	19 mi	2,956 acres	-
Johnson Lake	Dawson	56 mi	2,207 acres	-
Harry Strunk Lake	Frontier	57 mi	1,727 acres	-
Lake Maloney	Lincoln	6 mi	1,585 acres	-
Hugh Butler Lake	Frontier	52 mi	1,496 acres	-
Elwood Reservoir	Gosper	58 mi	978 acres	-
Jeffrey Reservoir	Lincoln	22 mi	605 acres	-
Ogallala Lake	Keith	47 mi	574 acres	-
Swan Lake	Arthur	56 mi	276 acres	-
Central Midway Lake	Dawson	44 mi	239 acres	-
Philips Lake	Gosper	60 mi	139 acres	-
Jefford Lake	Hooker	51 mi	137 acres	-
Diamond Bar Lake	McPherson	39 mi	115 acres	-
Haythorn Lake	Arthur	59 mi	93 acres	-
Threemile Lake	Arthur	52 mi	79 acres	-
East Midway Lake	Dawson	45 mi	76 acres	-
Dry Lake	McPherson	46 mi	75 acres	-
Mudd Lake	Logan	40 mi	73 acres	-
Brown Lake	McPherson	51 mi	65 acres	-
Tarbox Lake	Logan	33 mi	64 acres	-
Hershey Lake	Lincoln	12 mi	56 acres	-
Sand Beach Lake	McPherson	49 mi	55 acres	-
Bucktail Lake	Arthur	43 mi	53 acres	-
K C Lake	Arthur	59 mi	47 acres	-
Welfleet Lake	Lincoln	26 mi	46 acres	-
Mechoglan Lake	Arthur	56 mi	38 acres	-
Cody Lake	Logan	36 mi	36 acres	-
Camp Hayes Lake	Hayes	38 mi	32 acres	-
Lake Helen	Dawson	34 mi	30 acres	-
Birdwood Lake	Lincoln	7 mi	29 acres	-
East Hershey Lake	Lincoln	9 mi	28 acres	-
East Sutherland Lake	Lincoln	15 mi	28 acres	-
Berry Lake	Keith	58 mi	25 acres	-
Medicine Creek Reservoir 160	Frontier	48 mi	25 acres	-
West Midway Lake	Dawson	42 mi	25 acres	-

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