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Lakes Near Raleigh, North Carolina

90 counted North Carolina lakes sit within 60 miles of Raleigh - 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	22 mi	13,118.99 acres	-
Falls Lake	Durham	18 mi	11,983.6 acres	-
Hyco Lake	Person	55 mi	4,162.85 acres	-
Shearon Harris Reservoir	Wake	21 mi	3,769.84 acres	-
Mayo Reservoir	Person	52 mi	2,573.11 acres	-
Buckhorn Reservoir	Wilson	28 mi	2,224.66 acres	-
Lake Surf	Moore	49 mi	1,015.85 acres	-
Lake Burlington	Alamance	53 mi	738.85 acres	-
Tar River Reservoir	Nash	42 mi	694.01 acres	-
Quaker Creek Reservoir	Alamance	44 mi	693.33 acres	-
After Bay Reservoir	Person	55 mi	646.43 acres	-
Lake Crabtree	Wake	10 mi	454.47 acres	-
Lake Sagamore	Franklin	28 mi	346.19 acres	-
Wiggins Mill Reservoir	Wilson	39 mi	313.2 acres	-
Lake Trace	Lee	36 mi	279.23 acres	-
Thagards Lake	Moore	54 mi	199.41 acres	-
Roxboro Lake	Person	49 mi	189.43 acres	-
University Lake	Orange	27 mi	163.34 acres	-
Lake Johnson	Wake	4 mi	148.33 acres	-
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number One	Chatham	47 mi	145.21 acres	-
Mott Lake	Hoke	59 mi	142.58 acres	-
Siler City Water Supply Lake Number Three	Chatham	46 mi	137.05 acres	-
Sellers Manufacturing Company Lake	Alamance	41 mi	123.55 acres	-
Bunn Lake	Franklin	21 mi	111.69 acres	-
Brier Creek Reservoir	Wake	12 mi	109.86 acres	-
Lake Devin	Granville	36 mi	98.95 acres	-
Stony Creek Reservoir	Alamance	50 mi	96.87 acres	-
Beaver Creek Pond	Cumberland	53 mi	94.64 acres	-
Rhodes Pond	Cumberland	38 mi	90.68 acres	-
Spring Valley Lake	Moore	56 mi	85.5 acres	-
Lake Wilson	Wilson	40 mi	81.3 acres	-
Hope Mills Lake	Cumberland	58 mi	79.57 acres	-
Lake Rim	Cumberland	56 mi	77.34 acres	-
Smith Lake	Cumberland	47 mi	77.34 acres	-
Chub Lake	Person	51 mi	75.86 acres	-
Silver Lake	Wilson	38 mi	74.63 acres	-
Lake MacArthur	Hoke	54 mi	73.14 acres	-
Sinclair Lake	Sampson	44 mi	67.95 acres	-
Buffalo Lakes	Harnett	41 mi	65.24 acres	-
Rose Lake	Cumberland	49 mi	63.75 acres	-
McKiethan Pond	Hoke	58 mi	60.29 acres	-
Southern Pines Waterworks	Moore	58 mi	58.07 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Moore	53 mi	57.08 acres	-
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Twelve	Greene	54 mi	54.86 acres	-
Cambro Pond	Harnett	37 mi	54.36 acres	-
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Three	Wayne	50 mi	54.12 acres	-
Boddies Millpond	Nash	37 mi	52.18 acres	-
Lake Michael	Orange	41 mi	47.69 acres	-
Eastwood Lake	Orange	25 mi	47.44 acres	-
Kornbow Lake	Cumberland	50 mi	47.2 acres	-
Wiggins Lake	Edgecombe	54 mi	45.22 acres	-
Mitchiners Pond	Franklin	28 mi	44.41 acres	-
Bowden Millpond	Duplin	57 mi	43.98 acres	-
Houses Pond	Sampson	43 mi	43.98 acres	-
Bear Creek W/S Lake Number Eleven	Greene	53 mi	42.5 acres	-
Pine Lake	Moore	55 mi	42.5 acres	-
Popes Lake	Harnett	21 mi	42.5 acres	-
Youngs Pond	Harnett	19 mi	42.5 acres	-
Dodsons Lake	Randolph	56 mi	40.77 acres	-
Wallace Pond	Cumberland	56 mi	40.28 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 90 counted lakes within 60 miles of Raleigh.

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