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Lakes Near Bismarck, North Dakota

131 counted North Dakota lakes sit within 60 miles of Bismarck - the largest is Lake Oahe at 309,912.6 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Oahe	Emmons	35 mi	309,912.6 acres	200 ft
Long Lake	Burleigh	28 mi	16,934 acres	-
Lake Audubon	McLean	58 mi	16,612 acres	59.4 ft
Long Lake	Kidder	35 mi	13,311.7 acres	-
Horsehead Lake	Kidder	50 mi	10,148 acres	21.9 ft
Alkaline Lake	Kidder	59 mi	6,306 acres	23.7 ft
Lake Harriet (Arena Lake)	Burleigh	35 mi	3,853 acres	12 ft
Lake Tschida	Grant	54 mi	3,334.7 acres	-
McKenna Lake	Logan	52 mi	2,895.9 acres	-
Alkali Lake	Kidder	45 mi	2,333.9 acres	-
McKenna Lake	Logan	50 mi	1,778.4 acres	-
Goose Lake	Emmons	41 mi	1,704 acres	-
Kunkel Lake	Kidder	56 mi	1,443.7 acres	-
Mud Lake	Kidder	52 mi	1,440.1 acres	-
Sibley Lake	Kidder	50 mi	1,305 acres	28 ft
Des Moines Lake	Kidder	58 mi	959 acres	15.4 ft
Turtle Lake	McLean	51 mi	954.3 acres	-
Helen Lake	Kidder	45 mi	934 acres	19.9 ft
McPhail Slough	Kidder	53 mi	895.1 acres	-
Lake Josephine	Kidder	45 mi	853 acres	20.6 ft
Lake Henry	Kidder	53 mi	839.2 acres	-
Big Muddy Lake	Kidder	50 mi	823 acres	-
Lake Isabel	Kidder	49 mi	814 acres	11.8 ft
Dutton Slough	Emmons	26 mi	810.8 acres	-
Lake Etta	Kidder	48 mi	782.3 acres	-
Rice Lake	Burleigh	26 mi	760.2 acres	-
Willow Lake	Kidder	56 mi	748 acres	11 ft
Baumgartner Lake	Emmons	52 mi	714 acres	-
Senger Lake	Emmons	58 mi	696.3 acres	-
Lake Williams	McLean	50 mi	692.1 acres	-
South Lake	Kidder	59 mi	675.4 acres	-
Cherry Lake	Kidder	47 mi	666 acres	10.7 ft
Salt Lake	Burleigh	43 mi	654.3 acres	-
Crooked Lake	McLean	60 mi	634 acres	15.3 ft
Nelson Lake	Oliver	28 mi	581 acres	33.4 ft
Weller Slough	McLean	45 mi	573.5 acres	-
Walther Slough	Emmons	46 mi	572.5 acres	-
Hutchinson Lake	Kidder	41 mi	536.2 acres	-
Salt Alkaline Lake	Kidder	60 mi	526.8 acres	-
Peterson Lake	McLean	50 mi	503.6 acres	-
Blue Lake	McLean	51 mi	485.6 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Burleigh	42 mi	484.6 acres	-
Buffalo Lake	Kidder	48 mi	463.6 acres	-
Long Alakline Lake	Kidder	54 mi	429.7 acres	-
Lake Nettie	McLean	57 mi	422.9 acres	-
Pelican Lake	Burleigh	40 mi	419.6 acres	-
Woodhouse Lake	Kidder	50 mi	418 acres	20.9 ft
Lake Holmes	McLean	50 mi	413 acres	23.9 ft
Sink Lake	Kidder	57 mi	398.3 acres	-
Coal Lake	McLean	46 mi	380 acres	19.4 ft
Stink Lake	Emmons	42 mi	372.2 acres	-
Swan Lake	Kidder	58 mi	371 acres	10 ft
Tappen Slough	Kidder	54 mi	369.2 acres	-
Lake Geneva	Kidder	36 mi	360 acres	12.6 ft
Bond Lake	Kidder	59 mi	355.8 acres	-
Pelican Lake	McLean	50 mi	354.8 acres	-
Grass Lake	Burleigh	29 mi	353.1 acres	-
Fresh Lake	Kidder	56 mi	353 acres	15 ft
Schwahn Lake	Emmons	52 mi	350.6 acres	-
Bunker Lake	Burleigh	37 mi	337.2 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 131 counted lakes within 60 miles of Bismarck.

Sources: North Dakota Game and Fish lake data; lake coordinates from the NDGF. Verified October 30, 2026.