List of lakes of Nebraska

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

NameAreaSpeed

limit

! County(ies)Notes
Allure200Saundersnorth of Ashland
Beaver300 Cass Private lake near Plattsmouth
Bennington270Douglas
Big Indian Recreation Area685 mphGageSouth of Wymore
Blue3115 mphGardennorth of Oshkosh
Bluestem325Lancasternear Crete
Box Butte Reservoir1,600DawesSE of Crawford
Bowling LakeLancasterLocated in northwest Lincoln, across the road on NW 48th St from Arnold Elementary School.
Branched Oak1,800 Lancaster near Malcolm
Bridgeport SRA, Center78Morrill5 lakes near Bridgeport
Buckskin Hills WMA75Dixonnear Newcastle
Burchard1505 mphPawneeeast of Beatrice
Calamus Reservoir5,200Loup & Garfieldnear Burwell
Carter3005 mph Douglas Shared with Iowa
Clear425Cherryat Valentine NWR
Clear195Brownsouth of Ainsworth
Conestoga230Lancasternear Emerald
Cottonwood 250 Cedar below Gavins Point Dam, shared with South Dakota. Gasoline-powered motors prohibited.
Cottonwood60Cherrynear Merriman
Crescent WMA9825 mphGarden20 mi north of Oshkosh
Elwood1,300Gospersouth of Lexington
Enders Reservoir1,707Chasenear Imperial
Enders100Brownsouth of Ainsworth
Ericson705 mphWheeler
Flanagan225 mphDouglas168th & Fort St
Fremont Lakes280Dodge19 lakes near Fremont
Gallagher Canyon 1825 mph Dawson 10 mi west of Elwood
Glenn Cunningham3905 mph Douglas north central Omaha
Goose2375 mphHoltsouth of O'Neill
Grove505 mphAntelopenear Royal
Harlan County 13,250 Harlan near Alma
Helen205 mph Dawson Gothenburg
Iron Horse Trail855 mphPawneenear DuBois
Jeffrey Reservoir900 Lincoln south of Brady
Johnson SRA2,068Gospernear Lexington
Kirkmans Cove160Richardsonnear Humboldt
Lewis and Clark 31,400 Cedar & Knox Missouri River reservoir. Largest lake, shared with South Dakota.
Long1555 mphBrownsouth of Ainsworth
Mallard Landing90 Douglas County private lake
Maloney1,650 Lincoln near North Platte
McConaughy 30,500 Keith near Ogallala. Largest lake entirely within the State of Nebraska.
Lake Minatare 2,158Scotts BluffNE of Scotts Bluff
Ogallala6505 mphKeithnear Ogallala
Maskenthine985 mphStantonNorth of Stanton
Medicine Creek1,850Frontiernear Cambridge
Merritt Reservoir 2,900 Cherry near Valentine
Midway Canyon Reservoir607 Dawson south of Cozad
Mud Lake Cherry NW of Mullen
Mudd Lake Logan south of Nebr National Forest
North200Platte
Olive Creek1755 mphLancasternear Kramer
Olivier Reservoir270Kimballwest of Kimball
Pawnee740Lancasternear Emerald
Pelican798CherryValentine NWR
Plum Creek252Dawsonnear Cozad
Prairie Queen1355 mphSarpyeast of Gretna
Rat & Beaver5005 mphCherrysouth of Ainsworth
Red Willow/Hugh Butler1,630Frontiernorth of McCook
Rockford150Gageeast of Beatrice
Salt Valley Lakes Lancaster 20+ lakes around Lincoln
Sandy & Big Sandy200Saundersnorth of Ashland
Sherman Reservoir2,845Shermannear Loup City
Smith WMA2905 mphSheridan
Smith225GardenCrescent NWR Gordon
Spaulding24Greeley
Stagecoach1955 mphLancasternear Hickman
Standing Bear1355 mph Douglas northwest Omaha
Steverson-Cottonwood6805 mphCherrynorth of Hyannis
Swan235Holtsouth of Atkinson
Swanson Reservoir 5,000 Hitchcock west of McCook
Summit1905 mphBurtnear Tekama
Sutherland Reservoir 3,017 Lincoln east of Paxton
Twin Lakes300Sheridansouth of Gordon
Twin Lakes WMA1605 mphRocknear Bassett
ThomasSaundersnorth of Ashland
Wagon Train3155 mphLancasternear Hickman
Walgren SRA1005 mphSheridannear Hays Springs
Walnut Creek Reservoir1055 mph Sarpy near Papillion
Wanahoo6625 mph Saunders north of Wahoo
Wehrspann2455 mph Sarpy southwest Omaha
Whitney900Dawes
Willow Creek Reservoir 7005 mph Pierce NW of Norfolk
Willow WMA3805 mphBrownsouth of Ainsworth
Zorinsky2555 mph Douglas west Omaha


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