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Lakes Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

70 counted Pennsylvania lakes sit within 60 miles of Pittsburgh - the largest is Lake Arthur (Moraine State Park) at 3,224 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Arthur (Moraine State Park)	Butler	35 mi	3,224 acres	About 30 ft
Youghiogheny River Lake	Fayette	57 mi	2,840 acres	-
Beaver Run Reservoir	Westmoreland	23 mi	1,125 acres	-
Keystone Lake	Armstrong	43 mi	950 acres	-
Quemahoning Reservoir	Somerset	58 mi	899 acres	-
Yellow Creek Lake (State Park)	Indiana	52 mi	720 acres	About 30 ft
Conemaugh River Lake	Indiana	34 mi	640 acres	-
Loyalhanna Lake	Westmoreland	29 mi	479 acres	-
Ambridge Reservoir	Beaver	22 mi	405.6 acres	-
Crooked Creek Lake	Armstrong	32 mi	350 acres	-
Mahoning Creek Lake	Indiana	52 mi	279 acres	-
Lake Latonka	Mercer	59 mi	260 acres	-
Somerset Lake **DRAWDOWN STATUS	Somerset	57 mi	253 acres	-
Kahle Lake Temporarily lifted	Clarion	58 mi	251 acres	-
Cross Creek Lake	Washington	25 mi	244 acres	-
Glade Dam Lake	Butler	43 mi	200 acres	-
Latrobe Reservoir	Westmoreland	41 mi	129.7 acres	-
Hinckston Run Reservoir	Cambria	59 mi	104 acres	-
Main Lake (raccoon creek lake)	Beaver	21 mi	101 acres	About 30 ft
Green Lick Reservoir	Fayette	33 mi	100 acres	-
Lake Oneida	Butler	34 mi	94 acres	-
Dutch Fork Lake	Washington	33 mi	91 acres	-
Donegal Lake	Westmoreland	39 mi	90 acres	-
Keystone Lake (State Park)	Westmoreland	33 mi	78 acres	About 25 ft
Canonsburg Lake	Washington	14 mi	76 acres	-
North Park Lake	Allegheny	11 mi	75 acres	-
Cranberry Glade Lake	Somerset	49 mi	72 acres	-
Bridgeport Reservoir	Westmoreland	33 mi	70 acres	-
Laurel Hill Lake	Somerset	50 mi	63 acres	About 16 ft
Ryerson Station Reservoir (duke lake)	Greene	45 mi	62 acres	-
Deer Lake	Fayette	46 mi	58.3 acres	-
Glade Run Lake	Butler	20 mi	52 acres	-
Cherry Valley Reservoir	Washington	19 mi	51.6 acres	-
Dunlap Creek Lake	Fayette	37 mi	50 acres	-
Lower Hereford Manor Lake *DRAWDOWN STATUS	Beaver	27 mi	44 acres	-
Stoughton Lake	Somerset	53 mi	42.5 acres	-
Active Sludge Pond	Washington	22 mi	42 acres	-
Pond Six	Washington	20 mi	41 acres	-
Tubmill Reservoir	Westmoreland	48 mi	39.3 acres	-
Peters Twp. Lake (Res. #2)	Washington	14 mi	36 acres	-
Lake Gloria	Somerset	51 mi	34.1 acres	-
Cherry Run Lake	Indiana	43 mi	34.1 acres	-
Ethel Springs Lake	Westmoreland	37 mi	34.1 acres	-
Virgin Run Lake (virgin run dam)	Fayette	31 mi	33 acres	-
Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir (lower)	Westmoreland	29 mi	30 acres	-
Bessemer Lake	Lawrence	46 mi	28 acres	-
Strawberry Lake	Lawrence	46 mi	28 acres	-
Mammoth Dam	Westmoreland	32 mi	27 acres	-
Musser Forests Lake	Indiana	50 mi	26.9 acres	-
Bradys Run Lake	Beaver	28 mi	26 acres	-
Indian Creek Reservoir (Mill Run Reservoir)	Fayette	43 mi	26 acres	-
Acme Dam	Westmoreland	37 mi	24 acres	-
Twin Lakes Number Two Reservoir -upper twin lake	Westmoreland	29 mi	20 acres	-
Harbar Acres Lake	Butler	42 mi	20 acres	-
Lake Wilma - CLOSED	Greene	51 mi	19 acres	-
Wisecarver Reservoir	Greene	38 mi	18 acres	-
Northmoreland Lake	Westmoreland	22 mi	17 acres	-
Filbert Pond	Fayette	35 mi	16 acres	-
Cummings Reservoir (aka Blue Spruce Lake)	Indiana	47 mi	13 acres	-
Marshall Lake	Allegheny	12 mi	10 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 70 counted lakes within 60 miles of Pittsburgh.

Sources: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lake data; lake coordinates from the Fish and Boat Commission. Verified October 28, 2026.