Best Lakes for Boating Near Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin
27 boating lakes within driving distance of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, ranked by water quality and boating-specific filters. Filtered for at least 100 acres and public access. The largest lakes with boat-worthy water are listed first.
Within reasonable driving distance of Wisconsin Dells sit 27 graded lakes — a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend. The average grade across the nearby set is C.
Filtered for boating, the nearby-lake list narrows further. boating-specific signals — fish species, public access, depth profile, motor-boat congestion — interact with the LakeGrade rubric in different ways depending on the use case.
| # | Lake | County | Grade | Distance | Clarity | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch Hollow Lake | Sauk | A | 21 mi | 15 ft | - |
| 2 | Nepco Lake | Wood | A | 49.4 mi | 11 ft | - |
| 3 | Big Roche A Cri Lake | Adams | B | 29.7 mi | 10 ft | - |
| 4 | Camelot Lake | Adams | B | 39.9 mi | 7 ft | - |
| 5 | Camelot Lake | Adams | B | 40.5 mi | 8 ft | - |
| 6 | Green Lake | Green Lake | B | 43 mi | - | - |
| 7 | Lawrence Lake | Marquette | B | 20.8 mi | 6.7 ft | - |
| 8 | Black Hawk Lake | Iowa | B | 48.9 mi | 5 ft | - |
| 9 | White Mound Lake | Sauk | C | 24.4 mi | 5 ft | - |
| 10 | Lake Sherwood | Adams | C | 39.7 mi | 5.5 ft | - |
| 11 | Arrowhead Lake | Adams | C | 40.6 mi | 6.5 ft | - |
| 12 | City Millpond | Green Lake | C | 43 mi | - | - |
| 13 | Friendship Lake | Adams | C | 24.4 mi | 4 ft | - |
| 14 | Lake Wingra | Dane | C | 43.4 mi | 4 ft | - |
| 15 | Mirror Lake | Sauk | D | 4.9 mi | 4.6 ft | - |
| 16 | Lake Montello | Marquette | D | 24.8 mi | 6.1 ft | - |
| 17 | Park Lake | Columbia | D | 25 mi | - | - |
| 18 | Lake Waubesa | Dane | D | 48.4 mi | 3.2 ft | - |
| 19 | Spring Lake | Columbia | D | 24.2 mi | 2 ft | - |
| 20 | Lazy Lake | Columbia | D | 40 mi | 4 ft | - |
| 21 | Lake Delton | Sauk | F | 1.9 mi | 2.5 ft | - |
| 22 | Mason Lake | Adams | F | 8.5 mi | 1.1 ft | - |
| 23 | Lake Redstone | Sauk | F | 16 mi | 2 ft | - |
| 24 | Buffalo Lake | Marquette | F | 21.8 mi | 2.5 ft | - |
| 25 | Fox Lake | Dodge | F | 42 mi | 1.7 ft | - |
| 26 | Beaver Dam Lake | Dodge | F | 44.2 mi | 1 ft | - |
| 27 | Lake Tomah | Monroe | F | 44.6 mi | - | - |
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.