List of lakes of Nebraska

This is a list of lakes of Nebraska. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.

Name	Area	Speed limit	! County(ies)	Notes
Allure	200		Saunders	north of Ashland
Beaver	300		Cass	Private lake near Plattsmouth
Bennington	270		Douglas
Big Indian Recreation Area	68	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
Bowling Lake			Lancaster	Located in northwest Lincoln, across the road on NW 48th St from Arnold Elementary School.
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
Gallagher Canyon	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
Mallard Landing	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.
Lake Minatare	2,158		Scotts Bluff	NE of Scotts Bluff
Ogallala	650	5 mph	Keith	near Ogallala
Maskenthine	98	5 mph	Stanton	North of Stanton
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
Swanson Reservoir	5,000		Hitchcock	west of McCook
Summit	190	5 mph	Burt	near Tekama
Sutherland Reservoir	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

Sources

List of lakes of Nebraska

See also

Sources