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Lakes Near La Crosse, Wisconsin

54 counted Wisconsin lakes sit within 60 miles of La Crosse - the largest is Lake Onalaska at 8,391 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Onalaska	La Crosse	7 mi	8,391 acres	40 ft
Lake Winneshiek	Crawford	39 mi	4,635 acres	-
Sprague-Mather Flowage	Juneau	58 mi	810 acres	9 ft
Arbutus Lake*	Jackson, Clark	50 mi	774 acres	50 ft
Lake Redstone	Sauk	60 mi	635 acres	36.5 ft
Neshonoc Lake	La Crosse	12 mi	606 acres	11 ft
Rynearson Flowage No. 1	Juneau	57 mi	555 acres	14 ft
Meadow Valley Flowage	Juneau	57 mi	439 acres	8 ft
Number Two Pool	Juneau	57 mi	434 acres	-
Unnamed T21n R01e S02-14	Jackson	57 mi	398 acres	12 ft
Round Lake	La Crosse	3 mi	381 acres	-
Eagle Nest Flowage	Juneau	52 mi	350 acres	12 ft
Unnamed T19n R01e S31-14	Monroe	45 mi	315 acres	9 ft
Decorah Lake	Juneau	58 mi	314 acres	15 ft
Marais Lake	Crawford	50 mi	285 acres	-
Monroe County Flowage	Monroe	47 mi	263 acres	8 ft
Potter Flowage	Jackson	50 mi	255 acres	24 ft
Lake Tomah	Monroe	38 mi	245 acres	19 ft
McGregor Lake	Crawford	54 mi	242 acres	-
North Flowage	Monroe	36 mi	237 acres	17 ft
Unnamed T20n R01w S36-14	Jackson	47 mi	236 acres	7 ft
Unnamed T20n R01e S13-07	Jackson	54 mi	230 acres	4 ft
Seventeen Flowage	Jackson	47 mi	214 acres	4 ft
Gremore Lake	Crawford	50 mi	212 acres	15 ft
Unnamed T21n R02e S05-10	Wood	59 mi	208 acres	2 ft
Kieselhorse Bay	Buffalo	35 mi	202 acres	-
Unnamed T19n R01e S07-08	Monroe	47 mi	200 acres	8 ft
New Lisbon Lake	Juneau	54 mi	196 acres	15.2 ft
Richmond Bay	La Crosse	3 mi	195 acres	-
Black River Flowage 1610	Jackson	39 mi	190 acres	34 ft
Black River -Un Slough	La Crosse	11 mi	184 acres	-
Dutch Hollow Lake	Sauk	55 mi	172 acres	38 ft
French Lake	La Crosse	3 mi	157 acres	-
Unnamed T21n R01e S35-06	Jackson	54 mi	155 acres	7 ft
Unnamed T18n R01w S23-08	Monroe	42 mi	152 acres	-
Unnamed T20n R01e S31-05a	Jackson	48 mi	149 acres	5 ft
Wazee Lake	Jackson	42 mi	146 acres	350 ft
Dandy Creek Flowage	Monroe	48 mi	140 acres	-
Fortyacre Lake	Pepin	59 mi	139 acres	9 ft
Town Line Flowage	Jackson	48 mi	131 acres	7 ft
Goose Pool	Juneau	57 mi	124 acres	-
Hunters Peak Reservoir	Jackson	53 mi	121 acres	-
Unnamed T19n R01w S12-14	Monroe	46 mi	118 acres	13 ft
Marinuka Lake	Trempealeau	20 mi	117 acres	9 ft
Unnamed T18n R01w S02-03	Monroe	43 mi	116 acres	9 ft
Unnamed T21n R01e S25-01	Jackson	56 mi	116 acres	7 ft
Van Loon Lake	La Crosse	16 mi	111 acres	3 ft
Big Lake	Jackson, Juneau	54 mi	108 acres	8 ft
Unnamed T19n R01e S18-13	Monroe	47 mi	106 acres	7 ft
The Bay	Pepin	59 mi	102 acres	-
Unnamed T21n R03w S31-05	Jackson	39 mi	101 acres	7 ft
Wigwam Slough	Vernon, La Crosse	8 mi	12 acres	-
Fountain City Bay	Buffalo	35 mi	12 acres	-
Running Slough	La Crosse	3 mi	12 acres	-

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