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Lakes Near Aberdeen, South Dakota

146 counted South Dakota lakes sit within 60 miles of Aberdeen - the largest is Bitter Lake at 7,865.28 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Bitter Lake	Day	58 mi	7,865.28 acres	-
Columbia Road Reservoir	Brown	21 mi	7,074.89 acres	-
Waubay Lake	Day	53 mi	5,577.3 acres	-
Dry Lake Number One	Clark	53 mi	2,460.51 acres	-
South Waubay Lake	Day	50 mi	2,334.9 acres	-
Enemy Swim Lake	Day	59 mi	2,170.08 acres	-
Long Lake	Day	47 mi	2,062.06 acres	-
Buffalo Lakes	Marshall	59 mi	1,986.48 acres	-
Roy Lake	Marshall	53 mi	1,926.19 acres	-
Opitz Lake	Marshall	49 mi	1,664.01 acres	-
Parsons Pass	Marshall	50 mi	1,582.71 acres	-
Blue Dog Lake	Day	58 mi	1,495.48 acres	-
Goose Lake	Day	57 mi	1,483.14 acres	-
Rush Lake	Day	55 mi	1,462.86 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake	Spink	48 mi	1,433.21 acres	-
Solomon Slough	Day	54 mi	1,289.82 acres	-
Elm Lake	Brown	31 mi	1,225.4 acres	-
Clear Lake	Marshall	57 mi	1,198.96 acres	-
Piyas Lake	Marshall	56 mi	1,154.97 acres	-
Reid Lake	Clark	47 mi	1,045.61 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Spink	47 mi	999.05 acres	-
Pickerel Lake	Day	59 mi	995.09 acres	-
Spring Lake	Day	56 mi	984.22 acres	-
Swan Lake	Clark	51 mi	936.31 acres	-
North Scatterwood Lake	Edmunds	20 mi	931.83 acres	-
Richmond Lake	Brown	9 mi	810.01 acres	-
South Scatterwood Lake	Faulk	22 mi	727.32 acres	-
Lake Parmley	Edmunds	12 mi	696.84 acres	-
Campbell Slough	Day	59 mi	638.41 acres	-
South Red Iron Lake	Marshall	58 mi	623.94 acres	-
Minnewasta Lake	Day	54 mi	609.61 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Day	45 mi	607.13 acres	-
Antelope Lake	Day	50 mi	574.37 acres	-
Little Rush Lake	Day	57 mi	495.94 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake	Clark	45 mi	462.39 acres	-
Hillebrands Lake	Day	56 mi	461.59 acres	-
Fourmile Lake	Marshall	51 mi	412.67 acres	-
Stink Lakes	Marshall	54 mi	411.68 acres	-
Mud Lake	Spink	48 mi	407.61 acres	-
Heggs Lake	Clark	53 mi	392.43 acres	-
Stink Slough	Marshall	52 mi	383.51 acres	-
Long Lake	McPherson	46 mi	364.48 acres	-
Kings Lake	Codington	57 mi	347.18 acres	-
Cottonwood Lake	Marshall	54 mi	346.69 acres	-
Hazelden Lake	Day	50 mi	319.01 acres	-
Long Lake	Marshall	57 mi	289.85 acres	-
Alkali Lake	Edmunds	58 mi	285.41 acres	-
Dry Lake	Faulk	40 mi	275.52 acres	-
Antelope Lake	Clark	57 mi	270.83 acres	-
Willow Creek Lake	Brown	18 mi	255.51 acres	-
Ninemile Lake	Marshall	54 mi	245.13 acres	-
Lake Redfield	Spink	41 mi	242.32 acres	-
Almos Lake	Marshall	58 mi	231.04 acres	-
Ford Lake	Faulk	55 mi	213.5 acres	-
Sweetwater Lake	Day	34 mi	211.52 acres	-
Amsden Lake	Day	26 mi	208.31 acres	-
Clubhouse Slough	Marshall	50 mi	208.06 acres	-
Klooz Lake	McPherson	44 mi	207.07 acres	-
Twomile Lake	Marshall	48 mi	205.34 acres	-
Lake Todd	Clark	54 mi	203.13 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 146 counted lakes within 60 miles of Aberdeen.

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