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Lakes Near Omaha, Nebraska

53 counted Nebraska lakes sit within 60 miles of Omaha - 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	53 mi	1,757 acres	-
Pawnee Lake	Lancaster	57 mi	620 acres	-
Lake Wanahoo	Saunders	35 mi	406 acres	-
Glenn Cunningham Lake	Douglas	9 mi	345 acres	-
Wagon Train Lake	Lancaster	55 mi	299 acres	-
Beaver Lake	Cass	23 mi	297 acres	-
Salt Lake	Lancaster	52 mi	294 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Cuming	59 mi	261 acres	-
Newport Landing Lake	Douglas	15 mi	257 acres	-
Zorinsky Lake	Douglas	13 mi	235 acres	-
Wehrspann Lake	Sarpy	13 mi	216 acres	-
Conestoga Lake	Lancaster	59 mi	190 acres	-
Yankee Hill Lake	Lancaster	58 mi	185 acres	-
Summit Lake	Burt	39 mi	180 acres	-
Stagecoach Lake	Lancaster	58 mi	172 acres	-
Lake Quinnebaugh	Burt	49 mi	169 acres	-
Big Sandy Lake	Saunders	23 mi	159 acres	-
Lonergan Lake	Douglas	10 mi	116 acres	-
Victory Lake	Dodge	34 mi	114 acres	-
Wildwood Lake	Lancaster	50 mi	110 acres	-
Holmes Lake	Lancaster	49 mi	107 acres	-
Standing Bear Reservoir	Douglas	11 mi	106 acres	-
Memphis Lake	Saunders	28 mi	97 acres	-
Wolf Lakes	Saunders	44 mi	86 acres	-
Walnut Creek Lake	Sarpy	11 mi	84 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 7-A	Otoe	39 mi	73 acres	-
Czechland Lake	Saunders	46 mi	70 acres	-
Meadow Lake	Dodge	37 mi	62 acres	-
Johnson Creek Reservoir 22-A	Saunders	26 mi	56 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 12-T	Otoe	36 mi	54 acres	-
Spring Creek Reservoir 5-A	Johnson	56 mi	51 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 12-S	Cass	34 mi	51 acres	-
Upper Big Nemaha Reservoir 21-B	Lancaster	57 mi	48 acres	-
Peanut Creek Reservoir 57-A	Seward	53 mi	47 acres	-
W-M Lake	Cass	19 mi	47 acres	-
Wilson Creek Reservoir 11-A	Cass	36 mi	47 acres	-
Riverside Lakes	Douglas	17 mi	45 acres	-
Legge Lake	Dodge	43 mi	44 acres	-
Rainbow Lake	Dodge	32 mi	43 acres	-
Leisure Lake	Dodge	33 mi	41 acres	-
N F Little Nemaha Reservoir 4-F	Otoe	43 mi	39 acres	-
Tekamah-Mud Creek Reservoir 9-A	Burt	40 mi	39 acres	-
Summer Haven Lake	Dodge	33 mi	37 acres	-
Rolfsmeier Reservoir Number 1	Seward	59 mi	35 acres	-
Candlewood Reservoir	Douglas	9 mi	34 acres	-
Ridgewood Lake	Dodge	32 mi	34 acres	-
Shadow Lake	Sarpy	10 mi	34 acres	-
Eason Lake	Dodge	43 mi	32 acres	-
N F Big Nemaha Reservoir 23-B	Lancaster	56 mi	31 acres	-
Schilling Lake	Cass	16 mi	29 acres	-
Oak Middle Reservoir 72-A	Seward	56 mi	27 acres	-
Fremont Lake	Dodge	33 mi	25 acres	-
Ziegler Creek Reservoir Z-16	Otoe	45 mi	25 acres	-

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