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 County Notes 32-Mile H, Prairie Lake Adams Walk-in access only. Owned by Little Blue NRD Alda NDOT Hall No Boats. Owned by Nebraska Department of Transportation Alexandria SRA Jefferson Alfon C. Haring Memorial WMA Middle Lake Franklin Walk-in access Alliance City Golf Course Pond Box Butte Owned by City of Alliance. Public fishing access allowed sunrise to 9 a.m., Monday-Friday Allure Saunders North of City of Ashland Ansley Lake Custer Owned by Village of Ansley Archway Lakes Buffalo Four lakes. Managed by City of Kearney Arnold Lake Custer Managed by Village of Arnold Arrowhead WMA Gage Ash Hollow State Park Pond Garden Located on Ash Hollow State Historical Park Atkinson Dam Holt Managed by City of Atkinson Auble Pond Valley Owned by City of Ord Auburn Rotary Club Lake Nemaha Babcock Platte Owned by Loup Power District Bader Memorial County Park Merrick Seven lakes. Owned by Merrick County Ballards Marsh WMA Cherry Primitive boat ramp located on NW side of lake Baright Lake Cass Located at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park Barnett Park Pond Red Willow Managed by the City of McCook Bassett City Ponds Rock Two ponds Bassway Strip WMA Buffalo Two lakes Bear Pierce Cedar 2A Gage Owned by the Lower Big Blue NRD Beaver Cass Private lake near City of Plattsmouth Bennington Douglas Private lake with limited public access near City of Bennington. Benson Park Pond Douglas Owned by City of Omaha Bessey Fish Pond Thomas Located on the Nebraska National Forest at Village of Halsey Bethphage Pond Kearney Big Alkali WMA Cherry Boat Ramp, Camping, Fish-Cleaning Station, Restroom Big Elk Recreation Area Sarpy Managed by the City of Papillion Big Indian Recreation Area Gage South of Wymore Big Springs City Pond Deuel Birdwood WMA Lincoln Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Blue Garden North of Oshkosh Blue Hole WMA Buffalo Connects to Platte River Bluestem Lancaster Near City of Crete Bluewater Douglas Private lake near City of Valley Boardgate Reservoir Dawes Located on Oglala National Grassland Bowling Lake Lancaster Located in northwest City of Lincoln, across the road on northwest 48th St from Arnold Elementary School Bowman Lake Sherman Owned by Sherman County Bowwood WMA Pawnee Box Butte Reservoir Dawes Southeast of Crawford Brady Rest Area Westbound Lincoln No boats allowed Brady WMA Lincoln Branched Oak State Recreation Area Lancaster Near Malcolm Bridgeport City Pond Morrill Special City Regulations Bridgeport SRA, Center Morrill 5 lakes near Bridgeport Bruning Dam Fillmore Owned by Little Blue NRD Buckley 3F Jefferson Owned by Little Blue NRD Buckskin Hills WMA Dixon Near Newcastle Bufflehead WMA Hall Burchard Pawnee East of Beatrice Burwell Lake (Lady Bird) Garfield Calamus Reservoir Garfield and Loup Near Burwell Carney Pond Holt Rainbow Trout Stocked seasonally Carter Lake Douglas Shared with Iowa Central City Lake Merrick Owned by City of Central City Century Link Lake Cass Located at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park Chadron City Reservoirs Dawes Two ponds. Owned by City of Chadron. Chadron State Park Pond Dawes Located at Chadron State Park Chalkrock Lake WMA Cedar Champion Mill Lake Chase Chappell Interstate Lake Deuel Cherry Creek Diversion Pond Dawes Located on Fort Robinson State Park Cherry Creek Pond Dawes Located on Fort Robinson State Park Chester Island WMA Lincoln Seven lakes Cheyenne SRA Hall Gravel boat ramp Clatonia 3A Gage Owned by Lower Big Blue NRD Clear Cherry At Valentine National Wildlife Refuge Clear Brown South of Ainsworth Cody Park Pond East Lincoln Managed by the City of North Platte Columbus Hospital Pond Platte Accessible deck Conestoga Lancaster Near Emerald Coot Shallows WMA Buffalo Cornhusker WMA Hall Cottonmill Lake Buffalo Owned by the City of Kearney Cottontail Lancaster Owned by Lower Platte South NRD Cottonwood Cedar Below Gavins Point Dam, shared with South Dakota Cottonwood Lake SRA Cherry Near Merriman Cottonwood-Steverson Lake Cherry South of Merriman Cozad Lake Brown Also known as South Pine WMA Cozad WMA Dawson Crane Lake Garden Crazy Horse Pond Sioux Walk-in Access. Located on Fort Robinson State Park Crescent WMA Garden 20 mi north of Oshkosh Crystal Cove Lake Dakota Accessible Pier. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Crystal Lake Adams Managed by the Village of Ayr Crystal Lake Lincoln Crystal Springs Lakes Jefferson Two lakes Cub Creek Lake Keya Paha Owned by Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District Cub Creek Watershed 12A Jefferson Owned by Lower Big Blue NRD Curtis Golf Course Pond Frontier Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Czechland Lake Saunders Owned by Lower Platte North NRD Darr WMA Dawson Gravel boat ramp David City Park Ponds Butler Three ponds Davis Creek Reservoir Valley Managed by Lower Loup NRD Dead Timber SRA Dodge No boat ramp Defair Lake WMA Grant Gravel boat ramp DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Washington Shared with Iowa Dewey Lake Cherry Gravel Boat Ramp Diamond Lake WMA Gage Dogwood WMA Dawson Two lakes. East lake has a boat ramp Donald Whitney WMA Gage Duck Creek Recreation Area Nemaha Owned by Nemaha NRD Duck Lake Cherry Gravel Boat Ramp Eagle Scout Lake Hall Owned by the City of Grand Island East Gothenburg WMA Dawson Articulated mat concrete boat ramp East Hershey WMA Lincoln East Hyannis Lake Grant East Odessa WMA Buffalo East Sutherland WMA Lincoln Gravel boat ramp Elwood Gosper South of Lexington Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area Chase Near Imperial Enders Brown South of Ainsworth Ericson Wheeler Farwell South Reservoir Howard Owned by Farwell Irrigation District Flanagan Douglas 168th and Fort St Flatwater Douglas Private lake near Valley Fontenelle Park Pond Douglas Owned by the City of Omaha Forest City Recreation Area Sarpy Managed by the City of Gretna Fort Kearney SRA Kearney Seven ponds Fort McPherson Lincoln Area owned by the Nebraska Department of Transportation Fremont Lakes Dodge 17 lakes near Fremont Fremont Slough WMA Lincoln County Frenchman WMA Hayes Three lakes Friend City Lake Saline Frye Lake WMA Grant Gallagher Canyon Dawson 10 mi west of Elwood Geneva Boys Pond Fillmore Managed by Geneva Gilbert-Baker WMA Pond Sioux Fishing Pier Present. Located on the east portion of Gilbert-Baker WMA Ginger Cove Douglas Private lake near Valley Glenn Cunningham Douglas North central Omaha Goldeneye Deuel Managed by South Platte NRD Goose Holt South of O'Neill Grable Ponds Dawes In two ponds. Located on Fort Robinson State Park Gracie Creek Pond Loup Located at upper end of Calamus State Recreation Area Grand Island Eastbound Rest Area Hall Owned by Nebraska Department of Transportation Grand Island L.E. Ray Lake Hall Owned by the City of Grand Island Grand Island Pier Lake Hall Owned by the City of Grand Island Grand Island Sucks Lake Hall Owned by the City of Grand Island Gretna Crossing Pond Sarpy Owned by City of Gretna Grove Antelope Near Royal Grove Sand pit Antelope Near Royal Hackberry Lake Cherry Lake Halleck Sarpy Hanscom Park Pond Douglas Harlan County 13,500 Harlan Near Alma Lake Hastings Adams Owned by City of Hastings Hayes Center Lake WMA Hayes Heartland Shooting Center Pond Hall Open during open shooting hours Heartwell Park Lake Adams Owned by the City of Hastings Lake Helen Dawson Owned by City of Gothenburg Hershey WMA Lincoln Holdrege City Lake Phelps Also known as North Park. Owned by the City of Holdrege Holmes Lake Lancaster Owned by City of Lincoln Homestead Lake Butler Owned by Lower Platte North NRD Home Valley Lake Cherry Located on Cottonwood Steverson WMA. Access via portage route from Cottonwood-Steverson Lake. Hooper City Lake Dodge Hull Lake WMA Boyd Humboldt City Park Lake East Richardson Humboldt City Park Lake West Richardson Humphrey Pond Keith No boats allowed Ice House Ponds Dawes Three ponds. Located on Fort Robinson State Park Independence Landing Lake Seward Owned by the City of Seward Indian Creek WMA Pond Webster Iron Horse Trail Pawnee Near DuBois. Owned by Nemaha NRD Island Lake Garden Jeffrey Reservoir Lincoln South of Brady Jenny Newmann Pond Cass Located at Platte River State Park Johnson Park Lake Dodge Paved boat ramp Johnson SRA Gosper Near Lexington Kea Lake WMA Buffalo Managed by the City of Kearney Kea West WMA Buffalo Keller Park SRA Brown Five Ponds. Ponds four and five stocked with rainbow trout seasonally Killdeer Lake WMA Lancaster Kirkman's Cove Richardson Near Humboldt Kirkpatrick Memorial Park Lake Dawson Owned by City of Lexington Kramer Park Lake Sarpy Kramper Lake (Danish Alps SRA) Dakota Laing Lake Box Butte Owned by City of Alliance. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Lakeview Park Lake York Also known as Henderson Pond Lawrence Youngman Lake Douglas Operated by City of Omaha Lee Rupp WMA Platte Two lakes Leigh Tri-county Colfax Additional city regulations enforced Leisure Lake Jefferson Owned by Lower Big Blue NRD Lewis and Clark Cedar and Knox Missouri River reservoir; Nebraska's largest lake; it is shared with South Dakota. Liberty Cove Webster Owned by Little Blue NRD Lincoln Park Pond Nuckolls Owned by City of Superior Lindsay Park Pond Platte Lone Star Recreation Area Fillmore Owned by Little Blue NRD Long Brown South of Ainsworth Lord Lake Cherry Located on McKelvie National Forest Louisville State Recreation Area Cass Five lakes Lyons City Lake Burt Mad Bear Recreation Area Sarpy Managed by the City of Gretna Mallard Landing Douglas Private lake near Valley Lake Maloney Lincoln South of North Platte Maple Creek Reservoir (Leigh Lake) Platte Owned by Lower Elkhorn NRD Marsh Wren WMA Howard Maskenthine Stanton North of Stanton Mayberry WMA Pawnee Walk-in access McConaughy Keith Near Ogallala; Largest lake entirely within Nebraska Meadowlark Seward Owned by Lower Platte South NRD Medicine Creek Frontier Near Cambridge Melham Park Lake Custer Owned by City of Broken Bow Memphis Lake State Recreation Area Saunders Merganser Lake Lancaster Owned by Lower Platte South NRD Merritt Reservoir Cherry Near Valentine Midlands Lake Douglas Midway Canyon Reservoir Dawson South of Cozad Lake Minatare Scotts Bluff Northeast of Scottsbluff Minden Biological Learning Pond Kearney Minden Community Pond Kearney Owned by City of Minden Mormon Island DOT (East) Hall Access on foot from Mormon Island State Recreation Area Mormon Island State Recreation Area (Middle) Hall Concrete boat ramp Mormon Island State Recreation Area (West) Hall Concrete boat ramp Mormon Trail Merrick Morrill Sandpits Scotts Bluff Three lakes. Owned by Scotts Bluff and managed by City of Morrill Mud Lake Cherry Northwest of Mullen Mudd Lake Logan South of Nebraska National Forest Neligh Park (West Point Park Pond) Cuming Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Nick Lyman WMA Rock In two lakes. Near Bassett Niobrara State Park Pond Knox In two lakes Lake North Platte North Commons Pond Adams Owned by City of Hastings North Kearney Rest Area (westbound) NDOT Buffalo Owned by Nebraska Department of Transportation North Loup SRA Howard North Platte I-80 Lake Lincoln Managed by the City of North Platte Oak Lake Lancaster Three lakes. Owned by the City of Lincoln Olive Creek Lancaster Near Kramer Oliver Reservoir Kimball West of Kimball Lake Ogallala Keith Near Ogallala Osage WMA Johnson Four Ponds Overland Trail Lake York Owned by Upper Big Blue NRD Oxbow Trail Lake Butler Owned by Upper Big Blue NRD Oxford City Lake Furnas Papio D-4 Douglas Owned by Papio/Missouri NRD. Walk-in access Patriot Park Lake Dawson Owned by the City of Lexington Pawnee City Pond Pawnee Pawnee Prairie WMA Pawnee Seven Ponds. Walk-in access Pawnee Slough WMA Lincoln Area owned by Nebraska Department of Transportation. Gravel boat ramp Pawnee State Recreation Area Lancaster Near Emerald Pawnee Park East Platte Special city regulations in place Pawnee Park West Platte Special city regulations in place. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally Pelican Cherry Located on Valentine National Wildlife