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


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