List of lakes of Nebraska
This is a list of lakes of Nebraska.
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| Name | Area | Speed
limit |
! County(ies) | Notes | ||||
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| Allure | 200 | Saunders | north of Ashland | |||||
| Beaver | 300 | Cass | Private lake near Plattsmouth | |||||
| Bennington | 270 | Douglas |
Big Indian Recreation Area 5 mph Gage South of Wymore | |||||
| Blue | 311 | 5 mph | Garden | north of Oshkosh | ||||
| Bluestem | 325 | Lancaster | near Crete | |||||
| Box Butte Reservoir | 1,600 | Dawes | SE of Crawford | |||||
| Branched Oak | 1,800 | Lancaster | near Malcolm | |||||
| Bridgeport SRA, Center | 78 | Morrill | 5 lakes near Bridgeport | |||||
| Buckskin Hills WMA | 75 | Dixon | near Newcastle | |||||
| Burchard | 150 | 5 mph | Pawnee | east of Beatrice | ||||
| Calamus Reservoir | 5,200 | Loup & Garfield | near Burwell | |||||
| Carter | 300 | 5 mph | Douglas | Shared with Iowa | ||||
| Clear | 425 | Cherry | at Valentine NWR | |||||
| Clear | 195 | Brown | south of Ainsworth | |||||
| Conestoga | 230 | Lancaster | near Emerald | |||||
| Cottonwood | 250 | Cedar | below Gavins Point Dam, shared with South Dakota. Gasoline-powered motors prohibited. | |||||
| Cottonwood | 60 | Cherry | near Merriman | |||||
| Crescent WMA | 982 | 5 mph | Garden | 20 mi north of Oshkosh | ||||
| Elwood | 1,300 | Gosper | south of Lexington | |||||
| Enders Reservoir | 1,707 | Chase | near Imperial | |||||
| Enders | 100 | Brown | south of Ainsworth | |||||
| Ericson | 70 | 5 mph | Wheeler | |||||
| Flanagan | 22 | 5 mph | Douglas | 168th & Fort St | ||||
| Fremont Lakes | 280 | Dodge | 19 lakes near Fremont | |||||
| 182 | 5 mph | Dawson | 10 mi west of Elwood | |||||
| Glenn Cunningham | 390 | 5 mph | Douglas | north central Omaha | ||||
| Goose | 237 | 5 mph | Holt | south of O'Neill | ||||
| Grove | 50 | 5 mph | Antelope | near Royal | ||||
| Harlan County | 13,250 | Harlan | near Alma | |||||
| Helen | 20 | 5 mph | Dawson | Gothenburg | ||||
| Iron Horse Trail | 85 | 5 mph | Pawnee | near DuBois | ||||
| Jeffrey Reservoir | 900 | Lincoln | south of Brady | |||||
| Johnson SRA | 2,068 | Gosper | near Lexington | |||||
| Kirkmans Cove | 160 | Richardson | near Humboldt | |||||
| Lewis and Clark | 31,400 | Cedar & Knox | Missouri River reservoir. Largest lake, shared with South Dakota. | |||||
| Long | 155 | 5 mph | Brown | south of Ainsworth | ||||
| [90 | Douglas County | private lake | Maloney | 1,650 | Lincoln | near North Platte | ||
| McConaughy | 30,500 | Keith | near Ogallala. Largest lake entirely within the State of Nebraska. | |||||
| Minatare | 2,158 | Scotts Bluff | NE of Scotts Bluff | |||||
| Ogallala | 650 | 5 mph | Keith | near Ogallala | ||||
| Maskenthine | 98 | 5 mph | Stanton | south of Atkinson | ||||
| Medicine Creek | 1,850 | Frontier | near Cambridge | |||||
| Merritt Reservoir | 2,900 | Cherry | near Valentine | |||||
| Midway Canyon Reservoir | 607 | Dawson | south of Cozad | |||||
| Mud Lake | Cherry | NW of Mullen | ||||||
| Mudd Lake | Logan | south of Nebr National Forest | ||||||
| North | 200 | Platte | ||||||
| Olive Creek | 175 | 5 mph | Lancaster | near Kramer | ||||
| Olivier Reservoir | 270 | Kimball | west of Kimball | |||||
| Pawnee | 740 | Lancaster | near Emerald | |||||
| Pelican | 798 | Cherry | Valentine NWR | |||||
| Plum Creek | 252 | Dawson | near Cozad | |||||
| Prairie Queen | 135 | 5 mph | Sarpy | east of Gretna | ||||
| Rat & Beaver | 500 | 5 mph | Cherry | south of Ainsworth | ||||
| Red Willow/Hugh Butler | 1,630 | Frontier | north of McCook | |||||
| Rockford | 150 | Gage | east of Beatrice | |||||
| Salt Valley Lakes | Lancaster | 20+ lakes around Lincoln | ||||||
| Sandy & Big Sandy | 200 | Saunders | north of Ashland | |||||
| Sherman Reservoir | 2,845 | Sherman | near Loup City | |||||
| Smith WMA | 290 | 5 mph | Sheridan | |||||
| Smith | 225 | Garden | Crescent NWR Gordon | |||||
| Spaulding | 24 | Greeley | ||||||
| Stagecoach | 195 | 5 mph | Lancaster | near Hickman | ||||
| Standing Bear | 135 | 5 mph | Douglas | northwest Omaha | ||||
| Steverson-Cottonwood | 680 | 5 mph | Cherry | north of Hyannis | ||||
| Swan | 235 | Holt | south of Atkinson | |||||
| 5,000 | Hitchcock | west of McCook | ||||||
| Summit | 190 | 5 mph | Burt | near Tekama | ||||
| 3,017 | Lincoln | east of Paxton | ||||||
| Twin Lakes | 300 | Sheridan | south of Gordon | |||||
| Twin Lakes WMA | 160 | 5 mph | Rock | near Bassett | ||||
| Thomas | Saunders | north of Ashland | ||||||
| Wagon Train | 315 | 5 mph | Lancaster | near Hickman | ||||
| Walgren SRA | 100 | 5 mph | Sheridan | near Hays Springs | ||||
| Walnut Creek Reservoir | 105 | 5 mph | Sarpy | near Papillion | ||||
| Wanahoo | 662 | 5 mph | Saunders | north of Wahoo | ||||
| Wehrspann | 245 | 5 mph | Sarpy | southwest Omaha | ||||
| Whitney | 900 | Dawes | ||||||
| Willow Creek Reservoir | 700 | 5 mph | Pierce | NW of Norfolk | ||||
| Willow WMA | 380 | 5 mph | Brown | south of Ainsworth | ||||
| Zorinsky | 255 | 5 mph | Douglas | west Omaha |
| Lake Minatare || || Scotts Bluff County ||
See also[]
- List of lakes in the United States
- List of Nebraska rivers
Sources[]
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- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Lake Mapping Program
- Nebraska Lakes Association
- Great Lakes of South Dakota Association
- Maps of South Dakota Lakes
- SD State Parks and Recreation Areas
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