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Lakes Near Eau Claire, Wisconsin

113 counted Wisconsin lakes sit within 60 miles of Eau Claire - the largest is Lake Pepin at 24,550 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Pepin	Pierce, Buffalo, Pepin	45 mi	24,550 acres	60 ft
Lake Wissota	Chippewa	14 mi	6,148 acres	64.4 ft
Holcombe Flowage	Rusk, Chippewa	38 mi	2,881 acres	62 ft
Chequamegon Waters Flowage	Taylor	48 mi	2,366 acres	22 ft
Red Cedar Lake	Washburn, Barron	55 mi	1,897 acres	53 ft
Dairyland Reservoir (Flambeau)	Rusk	55 mi	1,870 acres	70 ft
Tainter Lake	Dunn	21 mi	1,605 acres	37 ft
Prairie Lake	Barron	39 mi	1,408 acres	16 ft
Bear Lake	Washburn, Barron	59 mi	1,348 acres	87 ft
Wapogasset Lake	Polk	58 mi	1,189 acres	32 ft
Beaver Dam Lake	Barron	57 mi	1,163 acres	106 ft
Cedar Lake	St. Croix, Polk	59 mi	1,120 acres	32 ft
Lake Menomin	Dunn	21 mi	1,009 acres	34 ft
Chippewa Falls Flowage 5555	Chippewa, Eau Claire	10 mi	954 acres	29 ft
Long Lake	Chippewa	31 mi	936 acres	101 ft
Lake Chetek	Barron	35 mi	923 acres	22 ft
Cornell Flowage	Chippewa	30 mi	897 acres	55.7 ft
Eau Claire Lake	Eau Claire	20 mi	870 acres	25 ft
Rice Lake	Barron	49 mi	859 acres	19 ft
Arbutus Lake*	Jackson, Clark	46 mi	774 acres	50 ft
Altoona Lake	Eau Claire	4 mi	720 acres	25 ft
Dells Pond	Eau Claire	1 mi	622 acres	30 ft
Apple River Flowage	Polk	57 mi	604 acres	18 ft
Otter Lake (Brown)	Chippewa	33 mi	602 acres	43 ft
Island Lake	Rusk	36 mi	543 acres	54 ft
Potato Lake	Rusk	36 mi	540 acres	40 ft
Old Abe Lake	Chippewa	21 mi	470 acres	36 ft
Dead Slough Lake	Pierce	52 mi	458 acres	-
Chain Lake	Rusk, Chippewa	34 mi	454 acres	74 ft
Marsh-Miller Lake (Mill Pond)	Chippewa	24 mi	441 acres	14 ft
Pokegama Lake	Barron	36 mi	433 acres	19 ft
Upper Turtle Lake	Barron	51 mi	427 acres	25 ft
Deer Lake	Sawyer	58 mi	420 acres	18 ft
Horseshoe Lake	Barron, Polk	54 mi	398 acres	57 ft
Bass Lake	St. Croix	59 mi	370 acres	33 ft
Hemlock Lake	Barron	52 mi	364 acres	21 ft
Birch Lake	Washburn, Sawyer	59 mi	364 acres	73 ft
Lake Eau Galle	Dunn	26 mi	360 acres	18 ft
Staples Lake	Barron, Polk	57 mi	340 acres	17 ft
Mud Lake	Barron	39 mi	332 acres	15 ft
Silver Lake	Barron	57 mi	331 acres	91 ft
Balsam Lake	Washburn	58 mi	325 acres	49 ft
Mead Lake	Clark	36 mi	310 acres	16 ft
Pipe Lake	Polk	60 mi	293 acres	68 ft
Lower Turtle Lake	Barron	49 mi	286 acres	24 ft
Port Arthur Flowage	Rusk	47 mi	285 acres	19 ft
Amacoy Lake	Rusk	42 mi	283 acres	20 ft
Big Falls Flowage	Rusk	59 mi	281 acres	45 ft
Mud Lake	Pierce	53 mi	273 acres	-
Sand Lake	Chippewa, Rusk	34 mi	272 acres	100 ft
Ladysmith Flowage	Rusk	51 mi	268 acres	19 ft
Thornapple Flowage	Rusk	44 mi	266 acres	19 ft
Tenmile Lake	Barron	34 mi	266 acres	12 ft
Pine Lake	Rusk, Chippewa	33 mi	256 acres	106 ft
Potter Flowage	Jackson	60 mi	255 acres	24 ft
Sportsman Lake	Clark	47 mi	253 acres	12 ft
Bear Trap Lake	Polk	56 mi	247 acres	25 ft
Magnor Lake	Polk	49 mi	229 acres	26 ft
Lea Flowage (Lea Lake)	Rusk	59 mi	222 acres	9 ft
Round Lake	Chippewa	31 mi	216 acres	18 ft

Showing the 60 largest of 113 counted lakes within 60 miles of Eau Claire.

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