South Dakota Lakes by Region

South Dakota : Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region (2)

• Angostura Reservoir
• Lakes of Custer State Park

South Dakota : Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region (4)

• Big Stone Lake
• Richmond Lake
• Lake Traverse
• Waubay Chain of Lakes

South Dakota : Great Lakes Region (3)

• Lake Francis Case
• Lake Sharpe
• Lake Oahe

South Dakota : Southeast Region (2)

• Lewis and Clark Lake
• Marindahl Lake

Richmond Lake

South Dakota Lakes A-Z

• Angostura Reservoir
• Lake Sharpe
• Marindahl Lake
• Big Stone Lake
• Lake Traverse
• Richmond Lake
• Lake Francis Case
• Lakes of Custer State Park
• Waubay Chain of Lakes
• Lake Oahe
• Lewis and Clark Lake

Lakes in SD

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Angostura Reservoir	Also known as: Angostura Recreation Area, Lake Angostura, Angostura Lake At the fringes of the unique Black Hills, or Paha Sapa in the Lakota language, is the Angostura Reservoir. Part of the Black Hills and Badlands western ...
Big Stone Lake	Big Stone Lake's sparkling blue water covers 12,360 acres and forms the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota. This picturesque ...
Lake Francis Case	Lake Francis Case, one of the most popular recreation spots in the Great Plains, is located along the Missouri River in south-central South Dakota. Lake ...
Lake Oahe	Lake Oahe, named after an Oahe Indian Mission, roughly translates "a foundation" or "a place to stand on." Spanning 231 miles from Pierre, South Dakota ...
Lake Sharpe	Lake Sharpe, located on South Dakota Highways 50 and 47 near Chamberlain, and Reliance, is one of the four reservoirs constructed along the Missouri River ...
Lake Traverse	Lake Traverse straddles the border of Minnesota's Central tourism region and South Dakota's northeastern Great Lakes and Prairie region. Covering more ...
Lakes of Custer State Park	Also known as: Stockade Lake, Bismarck Lake, Legion Lake, Sylvan Lake, Center Lake Recreational travelers in South Dakota's Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region will find the vacationland of their dreams among the five lakes dotted ...
Lewis and Clark Lake	Stretching 25 miles long and straddling the Nebraska and South Dakota border, 28,000-acre Lewis and Clark Lake is the smallest of the Missouri River reservoirs. ...
Marindahl Lake	Also known as: Marindahl Reservoir Marindahl Lake, in South Dakotas's Southeast Region, isn't the kind of lake you'll find on lists of the world's greatest lakes. Indeed, you may not be ...
Richmond Lake	Also known as: Richmond Reservoir Richmond Lake turned 75 years old in 2012. Built near Aberdeen during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression of the 1930s, Richmond Lake was one of 657 lakes ...
Waubay Chain of Lakes	Also known as: North Waubay Lake, South Waubay Lake, Hillebrands Lake, Spring Lake, Rush Lake, Bluedog Lake, Little Rush Lake, Minnewasta Lake Waubay Chain of Lakes, in the Glacial Lakes & Prairies Region of northeast South Dakota, is a stunning example of nature's triumph over human settlement. ...