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Lakes Near Greensboro, North Carolina

69 counted North Carolina lakes sit within 60 miles of Greensboro - the largest is B Everett Jordan Lake at 13,118.99 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
B Everett Jordan Lake	Chatham	49 mi	13,118.99 acres	-
Falls Lake	Durham	60 mi	11,983.6 acres	-
Badin Lake	Montgomery	46 mi	5,566.13 acres	-
Lake Tillery	Montgomery	58 mi	4,846.72 acres	-
Hyco Lake	Person	47 mi	4,162.85 acres	-
Shearon Harris Reservoir	Wake	57 mi	3,769.84 acres	-
Belews Lake	Stokes	20 mi	3,678.9 acres	-
Mayo Reservoir	Person	59 mi	2,573.11 acres	-
Tuckertown Reservoir	Rowan	44 mi	2,238.12 acres	-
Lake Townsend	Guilford	8 mi	1,404.55 acres	-
Lake Brandt	Guilford	7 mi	760.34 acres	-
Lake Burlington	Alamance	23 mi	738.85 acres	-
Oak Hollow Lake	Guilford	12 mi	705.49 acres	-
Quaker Creek Reservoir	Alamance	27 mi	693.33 acres	-
After Bay Reservoir	Person	53 mi	646.43 acres	-
Lake Tom-A-Lex	Davidson	25 mi	586.38 acres	-
Lake Crabtree	Wake	58 mi	454.47 acres	-
Lake Trace	Lee	60 mi	279.23 acres	-
Salem Lake	Forsyth	22 mi	275.28 acres	-
High Point Lake	Guilford	10 mi	263.41 acres	-
Richland Lake	Guilford	6 mi	256.5 acres	-
Lake Fisher	Cabarrus	59 mi	230.55 acres	-
Back Creek Lake	Randolph	23 mi	228.35 acres	-
Lake Higgins	Guilford	8 mi	220.67 acres	-
Roxboro Lake	Person	50 mi	189.43 acres	-
Lake Hunt	Rockingham	19 mi	176.43 acres	-
University Lake	Orange	41 mi	163.34 acres	-
Seven Lakes Lake Number Two	Moore	56 mi	160.12 acres	-
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number One	Chatham	25 mi	145.21 acres	-
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number Three	Chatham	27 mi	137.05 acres	-
Sellers Manufacturing Company Lake	Alamance	27 mi	123.55 acres	-
Brier Creek Reservoir	Wake	57 mi	109.86 acres	-
Stony Creek Reservoir	Alamance	22 mi	96.87 acres	-
Dutchmans Creek Lake	Davie	41 mi	77.7 acres	-
Buffalo Lake	Guilford	3 mi	77.1 acres	-
Chub Lake	Person	51 mi	75.86 acres	-
Long Lake	Stanly	55 mi	74.13 acres	-
Lynnwood Lake	Guilford	6 mi	56.34 acres	-
City Lake	Davidson	28 mi	52.39 acres	-
Wildwood Lake	Caswell	34 mi	51.4 acres	-
Lake Michael	Orange	31 mi	47.69 acres	-
Eastwood Lake	Orange	43 mi	47.44 acres	-
Rockingham Lake	Rockingham	23 mi	47.2 acres	-
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Ten	Stokes	32 mi	46.95 acres	-
Kernersville Lake	Forsyth	18 mi	46.21 acres	-
Seven Lakes Number One	Moore	56 mi	44.48 acres	-
Cedar Creek Lake	Davie	42 mi	41.64 acres	-
Dodsons Lake	Randolph	16 mi	40.77 acres	-
Lake Wade	Rockingham	23 mi	40.7 acres	-
Lake Wright	Rowan	58 mi	38.24 acres	-
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Two	Forsyth	23 mi	36.57 acres	-
Pine Lakes Shooting Preserve Lake	Moore	58 mi	33.61 acres	-
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Fifteen	Stokes	28 mi	32.87 acres	-
Oldhams Lake	Lee	55 mi	31.63 acres	-
Town Fork Creek Watershed Lake Sixteen	Stokes	32 mi	31.14 acres	-
Lasater Lake	Forsyth	35 mi	30.61 acres	-
Dutchman Creek W/S Number Two	Davie	48 mi	30.46 acres	-
Hardys Mill Pond	Guilford	9 mi	28.12 acres	-
W A McCrary Lake	Randolph	25 mi	27.71 acres	-
Lake Corriher	Rowan	58 mi	27.04 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 69 counted lakes within 60 miles of Greensboro.

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