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 | Speedlimit | County(ies) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allure | 200 | Saunders | north of Ashland | ||
| Beaver | 300 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 10 mi west of Elwood | ||
| Glenn Cunningham | 390 | 5 mph | north central Omaha | ||
| Goose | 237 | 5 mph | Holt | south of O'Neill | |
| Grove | 50 | 5 mph | Antelope | near Royal | |
| Harlan County | 13,250 | near Alma | |||
| Helen | 20 | 5 mph | Gothenburg | ||
| Iron Horse Trail | 85 | 5 mph | Pawnee | near DuBois | |
| Jeffrey Reservoir | 900 | 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 | near Valley | private lake | ||
| Maloney | 1,650 | near North Platte | |||
| McConaughy | 30,500 | 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 | ||
| 2,900 | near Valentine | ||||
| Midway Canyon Reservoir | 607 | south of Cozad | |||
| NW of Mullen | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | northwest Omaha | ||
| Steverson-Cottonwood | 680 | 5 mph | Cherry | north of Hyannis | |
| Swan | 235 | Holt | south of Atkinson | ||
| Swanson Reservoir | 5,000 | west of McCook | |||
| Summit | 190 | 5 mph | Burt | near Tekama | |
| Sutherland Reservoir | 3,017 | 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 | near Papillion | ||
| Wanahoo | 662 | 5 mph | north of Wahoo | ||
| Wehrspann | 245 | 5 mph | southwest Omaha | ||
| Whitney | 900 | Dawes | |||
| 700 | 5 mph | NW of Norfolk | |||
| Willow WMA | 380 | 5 mph | Brown | south of Ainsworth | |
| Zorinsky | 255 | 5 mph | west Omaha |