Lakes to paddle near Pittsburgh
19 LakePA 100 lakes (and 5 alternates) have a put-in within 60 miles of Pittsburgh in a straight line. Distances are as the crow flies, from the city's Census internal point (a point inside the city limits) to the lake's first listed put-in; driving distances are longer.
Distances are measured from Pittsburgh.
- Number 50: Canonsburg Lake Washington County · Southwest · 76 acres · 14 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 9: Glade Run Lake Butler County · Northwest · 52 acres · 19 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 49: Raccoon Lake Beaver County · Southwest · 101 acres · 22 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 48: Cross Creek Lake Washington County · Southwest · 244 acres · 26 mi from Pittsburgh
- Alternate A22: Hereford Manor Lake Beaver County · Southwest · 44 acres · 28 mi from Pittsburgh
- Alternate A23: Crooked Creek Lake Armstrong County · Southwest · 350 acres · 30 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 54: Keystone Lake Westmoreland County · Southwest · 78 acres · 31 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 51: Virgin Run Lake Fayette County · Southwest · 33 acres · 31 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 47: Dutch Fork Lake Washington County · Southwest · 91 acres · 33 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 52: Green Lick Reservoir Fayette County · Southwest · 101 acres · 33 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 6: Lake Arthur Butler County · Northwest · 3,225 acres · 34 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 56: Donegal Lake Westmoreland County · Southwest · 90 acres · 38 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 10: Harbar Acres Lake Butler County · Northwest · 20 acres · 42 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 57: Keystone Lake Armstrong County · Southwest · 950 acres · 42 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 2: Bessemer Lake Lawrence County · Northwest · 28 acres · 46 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 55: Cranberry Glade Lake Somerset County · Southwest · 72 acres · 49 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 58: Laurel Hill Lake Somerset County · Southwest · 63 acres · 49 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 59: Yellow Creek Lake Indiana County · Southwest · 720 acres · 50 mi from Pittsburgh
- Alternate A25: Mahoning Creek Lake Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties · Southwest · 279 acres · 51 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 53: Youghiogheny River Lake Somerset and Fayette counties · Southwest · 2,840 acres · 55 mi from Pittsburgh
- Alternate A26: Lake Somerset Somerset County · Southwest · 253 acres · 56 mi from Pittsburgh
- Alternate A3: Kahle Lake Venango and Clarion counties · Northwest · 251 acres · 57 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 60: Hinckston Run Reservoir Cambria County · Southwest · 104 acres · 58 mi from Pittsburgh
- Number 61: Duman Lake Cambria County · Southwest · 21 acres · 60 mi from Pittsburgh
City points: US Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer (public domain). Straight-line miles to the first listed put-in.