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Lakes Near Columbus, Ohio

68 counted Ohio lakes sit within 60 miles of Columbus - the largest is Indian Lake at 5,161 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Indian Lake	Logan	59 mi	5,161 acres	12 ft
Alum Creek Lake	Delaware	19 mi	3,331 acres	60 ft
Hoover Reservoir	Delaware	16 mi	2,883 acres	60 ft
Buckeye Lake	Fairfield	28 mi	2,877 acres	14 ft
Crane Lake	Licking	28 mi	2,757.2 acres	-
C.J. Brown Reservoir	Clark	39 mi	1,969 acres	35 ft
Rocky Fork Lake	Highland	59 mi	1,953 acres	42 ft
Deer Creek Lake	Pickaway	27 mi	1,301 acres	35 ft
Dillon Lake	Muskingum	47 mi	1,279 acres	30 ft
Delaware Lake	Delaware	30 mi	1,215 acres	30 ft
Paint Creek Lake	Ross	53 mi	1,177 acres	40 ft
Clear Fork Reservoir	Morrow	55 mi	1,034 acres	24 ft
O'Shaughnessy Reservoir	Delaware	18 mi	896 acres	40 ft
Pleasant Hill Lake	Richland	58 mi	821 acres	-
Pleasant Hill Reservoir	Richland	58 mi	784 acres	35 ft
Burr Oak Lake	Morgan	59 mi	668 acres	35 ft
Killdeer Wildlife Pond Number Three	Wyandot	54 mi	654 acres	-
Apple Valley Lake	Knox	47 mi	494 acres	-
Knox Lake	Knox	46 mi	491 acres	24 ft
Kiser Lake	Champaign	53 mi	394 acres	12 ft
Griggs Reservoir	Franklin	9 mi	387 acres	21 ft
Lake Logan	Hocking	41 mi	333 acres	18 ft
Lake White	Pike	59 mi	333 acres	24 ft
Lake Rupert	Vinton	59 mi	327 acres	24 ft
Rush Creek Lake	Fairfield	34 mi	289 acres	27 ft
Choctaw Lake	Madison	26 mi	282 acres	-
Muzzys Lake	Champaign	43 mi	247 acres	-
Killdeer Reservoir	Wyandot	55 mi	241 acres	24 ft
Shawnee Lake	Greene	47 mi	192 acres	-
Candlewood Lake	Morrow	47 mi	187 acres	-
Kokosing Lake	Knox	44 mi	154 acres	9 ft
Hargus Creek Lake	Pickaway	24 mi	143 acres	40 ft
Hargus Lake	Pickaway	24 mi	141 acres	-
Ross Lake	Ross	43 mi	127 acres	24 ft
Lake Hope	Vinton	56 mi	121 acres	20 ft
Lake of Four Seasons	Hocking	35 mi	111 acres	-
Clark Lake	Clark	35 mi	102 acres	6 ft
Madison Lake	Madison	21 mi	98 acres	4 ft
Lake Saint Joseph	Perry	40 mi	63 acres	-
Lake Isabel	Muskingum	47 mi	58 acres	-
Westerville Reservoir	Delaware	14 mi	56 acres	-
Wilmington Reservoir Number Two	Clinton	57 mi	55.1 acres	-
Amick Reservoir	Morrow	52 mi	53 acres	24 ft
Amicks Reservoir	Morrow	53 mi	53 acres	-
Hickory Hills Lake	Highland	58 mi	48 acres	-
Silver Lake	Logan	51 mi	48 acres	-
Antrim Lake	Franklin	8 mi	43 acres	30 ft
Oakthorpe Lake	Fairfield	31 mi	43 acres	18 ft
Lake Sylvan	Clark	31 mi	43 acres	-
New Lexington Water Supply Reservoir	Perry	43 mi	42.5 acres	-
Bass Lake	Greene	56 mi	40 acres	-
Straits Lake	Morrow	41 mi	39.3 acres	-
Smoot Lake	Licking	34 mi	39 acres	-
Washington Court House Reservoir	Fayette	38 mi	38 acres	-
Bucyrus Reservoir	Crawford	60 mi	37.1 acres	-
Twin Churches Lake	Perry	40 mi	35.1 acres	-
New Lexington Reservoir	Perry	44 mi	33.4 acres	-
Bucyrus Reservoir Number Two	Crawford	59 mi	29.4 acres	-
Black Lake	Logan	52 mi	29 acres	-
Freshwater Reservoir	Perry	47 mi	28.9 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 68 counted lakes within 60 miles of Columbus.

Sources: Ohio DNR lake data; lake coordinates from the ODNR. Verified October 28, 2026.