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Lakes Near Salem, Oregon

60 counted Oregon lakes sit within 60 miles of Salem - the largest is Detroit Lake at 3,593 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Detroit Lake	Marion	44 mi	3,593 acres	-
Sturgeon Lake	Multnomah	55 mi	3,166 acres	-
Henry Hagg Lake	Washington	38 mi	1,086 acres	-
Foster Lake	Linn	41 mi	1,052 acres	-
Devils Lake	Lincoln	47 mi	673 acres	-
Smith Lake	Multnomah	48 mi	509 acres	-
Bull Run Reservoir Number Two	Clackamas	57 mi	460 acres	-
Lake Oswego	Clackamas	36 mi	432 acres	-
Barney Reservoir	Washington	38 mi	342 acres	-
Triangle Lake	Lane	59 mi	305 acres	-
Bybee Lake	Multnomah	49 mi	232 acres	-
North Fork Reservoir	Clackamas	43 mi	218 acres	-
McNary Lake	Columbia	59 mi	214 acres	-
McGuire Reservoir	Yamhill	30 mi	181 acres	-
Cape Meares Lake	Tillamook	59 mi	158 acres	-
Crane Lake	Columbia	58 mi	122 acres	-
Lambert Slough	Yamhill	14 mi	117 acres	-
Fairview Lake	Multnomah	51 mi	108 acres	-
Steelman Lake	Columbia	55 mi	106 acres	-
Olalla Reservoir	Lincoln	47 mi	103 acres	-
Big Cliff Reservoir	Marion	40 mi	101 acres	-
Jewit Lake	Multnomah	51 mi	90 acres	-
Aarons Lake	Columbia	58 mi	84 acres	-
Clemens Log Pond	Benton	31 mi	84 acres	-
Cheadle Lake	Linn	30 mi	72 acres	-
Blue Lake	Multnomah	51 mi	66 acres	-
Elk Lake	Marion	46 mi	66 acres	-
Snow Peak Log Pond	Linn	25 mi	61 acres	-
Estacada Lake	Clackamas	41 mi	60 acres	-
Mission Creek Reservoir	Marion	20 mi	59 acres	-
Deardorff Reservoir	Clackamas	24 mi	57 acres	-
Fisher Island Pond	Linn	28 mi	57 acres	-
Aaron Mercer Reservoir	Polk	22 mi	55 acres	-
Willamette Slough	Marion	1 mi	55 acres	-
Mompano Reservoir	Clackamas	36 mi	52 acres	-
Willamette Log Pond	Linn	41 mi	52 acres	-
Morgan Lake	Polk	11 mi	50 acres	-
Second Lake	Linn	20 mi	50 acres	-
Faraday Lake	Clackamas	42 mi	48 acres	-
Stimson Millpond	Washington	37 mi	46 acres	-
Silver Creek Reservoir	Marion	15 mi	45 acres	-
North Fork Reservoir	Clackamas	42 mi	44 acres	-
Stone Quarry Lake	Marion	2 mi	42 acres	-
Western Log Pond	Linn	25 mi	42 acres	-
Hult Log Storage Reservoir	Lane	53 mi	41 acres	-
Clear Lake	Marion	6 mi	37 acres	-
Skookum Lake	Tillamook	44 mi	36 acres	-
Malarky Lake	Columbia	57 mi	33 acres	-
Lillie Walker Irrigation Pond	Polk	15 mi	29 acres	-
Mission Lake	Marion	10 mi	29 acres	-
Newport Reservoir	Lincoln	52 mi	29 acres	-
Racetrack Lake	Columbia	57 mi	29 acres	-
Skookum Lakes	Marion	22 mi	29 acres	-
Thompson Lake	Benton	38 mi	29 acres	-
McBee Lake	Benton	35 mi	28 acres	-
McKay Reservoir	Marion	18 mi	28 acres	-
Spada Reservoir	Marion	19 mi	28 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Marion	18 mi	27 acres	-
Winkle Lake	Benton	38 mi	27 acres	-
Seal Lake	Columbia	57 mi	25 acres	-

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