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Lakes Near Sioux Falls, South Dakota

78 counted South Dakota lakes sit within 60 miles of Sioux Falls - the largest is Lake Madison at 2,763.52 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Madison	Lake	32 mi	2,763.52 acres	-
Lake Sinai	Brookings	53 mi	1,789.59 acres	-
Lake Herman	Lake	38 mi	1,283.22 acres	-
Brant Lake	Lake	28 mi	1,033.39 acres	-
East Vermillion Lake	McCook	23 mi	569.27 acres	-
Lake Henry	Lake	39 mi	517.47 acres	-
Clear Lake	Minnehaha	21 mi	491.58 acres	-
Spring Lake	Kingsbury	54 mi	425.76 acres	-
Silver Lake	Hutchinson	35 mi	395.62 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Kingsbury	56 mi	317.23 acres	-
Lake Goldsmith	Brookings	56 mi	289.85 acres	-
Island Lake	McCook	26 mi	280.22 acres	-
Buffalo Lake	Minnehaha	25 mi	278.49 acres	-
Grass Lake	Minnehaha	16 mi	271.32 acres	-
Lake George	Lake	38 mi	267.71 acres	-
Ness Chain Lake	Miner	59 mi	247.35 acres	-
Buffalo Slough	Lake	25 mi	246.86 acres	-
Beaver Lake	Minnehaha	17 mi	240.43 acres	-
Lake Badus	Lake	47 mi	233.51 acres	-
Wall Lake	Minnehaha	11 mi	215.04 acres	-
Englehardt Slough	Minnehaha	20 mi	202.92 acres	-
Molumby Slough	Lake	47 mi	201.89 acres	-
Brush Lake	Brookings	57 mi	200.65 acres	-
Dry Lake	Lake	48 mi	195.95 acres	-
Long Lake	Lake	30 mi	192 acres	-
Swan Lake	Turner	29 mi	181.87 acres	-
Round Lake	Lake	30 mi	179.4 acres	-
Diamond Lake	Minnehaha	28 mi	176.68 acres	-
Mud Lake	Turner	23 mi	174.21 acres	-
Twin Lakes	Miner	58 mi	170.75 acres	-
Fensterman Slough	Minnehaha	14 mi	158.39 acres	-
East Lake Badus	Lake	48 mi	138.87 acres	-
Mud Lake	Lake	45 mi	135.91 acres	-
Gilman Lake	Lake	49 mi	129.24 acres	-
Beaver Lake	Yankton	51 mi	125.78 acres	-
Bitter Lake	Miner	55 mi	116.88 acres	-
Crane Slough	Lake	45 mi	110.7 acres	-
Marindahl Lake	Yankton	44 mi	106.5 acres	-
Tuschen Slough	McCook	38 mi	104.03 acres	-
Lost Lake	Minnehaha	18 mi	102.55 acres	-
Lake Eli	Hanson	46 mi	102.05 acres	-
Lake Alvin	Lincoln	9 mi	98.35 acres	-
Lost Lake	Minnehaha	19 mi	94.89 acres	-
Schimmel Slough	McCook	40 mi	94.39 acres	-
Mud Lake	Moody	32 mi	89.7 acres	-
Milwaukee Lake	Lake	35 mi	89.21 acres	-
Silver Lake	Miner	47 mi	87.23 acres	-
Anderson Slough	Moody	23 mi	84.26 acres	-
Scotts Slough	Minnehaha	15 mi	80.31 acres	-
Otter Lake	Miner	48 mi	79.82 acres	-
Gross Lake	McCook	40 mi	79.57 acres	-
McCart Slough	Miner	52 mi	74.87 acres	-
Nelson Slough	Brookings	49 mi	70.43 acres	-
Poison Lake	Moody	29 mi	69.44 acres	-
Wombacker Slough	Miner	47 mi	67.21 acres	-
Green Lake	Lake	41 mi	66.85 acres	-
Kloucek Lake	Bon Homme	59 mi	64.99 acres	-
Spring Lake	Hanson	50 mi	63.51 acres	-
Glee Lake	Miner	59 mi	63.01 acres	-
Hageman Slough	Miner	49 mi	61.04 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 78 counted lakes within 60 miles of Sioux Falls.

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