Lakes in Minnesota

4,350 lakes across 605 cities and towns, from the Minnesota DNR, the DNR public water access inventory, the Minnesota Department of Health, the federal GNIS names the DNR and USGS carry and the Census gazetteer.

4,350 lakes

Abinodji Lake

Lake County, Winton

Abita Lake

Cook County, Grand Marais

Public access

Achman Lake

Stearns County, St. John's University

Public access

Public accessStocked 2025

Acorn Lake

Becker County, Frazee

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Ada Lake

Cook County, Lutsen

Adams Lake

Isanti County, Stanchfield

Public access

Adams Lake

Lake County, Lutsen

Public access

Adney Lake

Crow Wing County, Crosslake

Public access

Adventure Lake

Lake County, Winton

Stocked 2023

Aerie Lake

St. Louis County, Meadowlands

Stocked in the last 3 years

Public accessStocked 2025

Agassa Lake

St. Louis County, Winton

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Stocked 2024

Agate Lake

Cass County, Lake Shore

Stocked in the last 3 years

Agate Lake

Crow Wing County, Cuyuna

Lake-specific eating advice

Agnes Lake

St. Louis County, Ranier

Public access

Ahmakose Lake

Lake County, Winton

Public access

Ahsub Lake

Lake County, Winton

Lake-specific eating advice

Aitkin Lake

Aitkin County, Palisade

Albert Lake

Wright County, Buffalo

Public accessStocked 2025

Albert Lea Lake

Freeborn County, Albert Lea

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Lake-specific eating advice

Alden Lake

St. Louis County, Rice Lake

Alder Lake

Cook County, Grand Marais

Public access

Alger Lake

Lake County, Finland

Public access

Alice Lake

Itasca County, Squaw Lake

Alice Lake

Lake County, Winton

Lake-specific eating adviceInfested waters list

Alimagnet Lake

Dakota County, Burnsville

Allen Lake

Cook County, Grand Marais

Public accessStocked 2025

Allen Lake

Crow Wing County, Emily

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Allen Lake

Itasca County, Bigfork

Alpine Lake

Cook County, Lutsen

Public accessStocked 2025

Alruss Lake

St. Louis County, Winton

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Alseth Lake

Lake County, Babbitt

Public accessStocked 2024

Altermatt Lake

Brown County, Cobden

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Alton Lake

Cook County, Lutsen

Alworth Lake

Lake County, Winton

Amber Lake

Lake County, Winton

Public accessStocked 2025

Amber Lake

Martin County, Fairmont

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Public access

Ambush Lake

Cook County, Lutsen

Itasca County, Bigfork

Public access

Antoinette Lake

St. Louis County, Rice Lake

Anway Lake

Cass County, Walker

Public accessStocked 2025

Apple Lake

St. Louis County, Rice Lake

Public accessStocked in the last 3 years

Lakes by city

Aitkin50 Akeley17 Albany1 Albert Lea8 Alberta2 Alden1 Alexandria16 Amboy1 Andover1 Angle Inlet2 Annandale11 Anoka1 Apple Valley4 Appleton3 Arco4 Arden Hills3 Argyle1 Ashby8 Askov10 Atwater5 Audubon6 Aurora18 Austin2 Avoca1 Avon13 Babbitt55 Backus24 Bagley5 Balaton4 Ball Club5 Barnesville1 Barnum4 Barrett2 Barry1 Battle Lake12 Baxter9 Beaulieu1 Beaver Bay7 Belle Plaine1 Bemidji10 Bena5 Benson1 Big Lake12 Bigelow1 Bigfork115 Bingham Lake4 Birchwood Village1 Biwabik5 Blackduck9 Blaine1 Bloomington4 Blue Earth1 Bovey5 Boy River3 Braham2 Brainerd7 Brandon7 Breckenridge1 Breezy Point20 Brook Park1 Brooklyn Center2 Brookston4 Brooten1 Browerville7 Browns Valley1 Brownsville2 Brownton3 Bruno2 Buffalo21 Buffalo Lake1 Buhl8 Burnsville3 Burtrum7 Butterfield2 Byron1 Caledonia2 Callaway5 Calumet11 Cambridge5 Canby3 Carlos2 Carlton4 Carver2 Cass Lake26 Cedar Mills10 Center City6 Centerville4 Ceylon5 Champlin1 Chanhassen5 Chaska4 Chickamaw Beach11 Chisago City6 Chisholm28 Circle Pines2 Claremont1 Clear Lake9 Clearbrook5 Clearwater15 Cleveland5 Clinton7 Clitherall10 Coates1 Cobden2 Cohasset21 Cokato6 Cold Spring5 Coleraine8 Cologne2 Columbus1 Cook6 Coon Rapids1 Correll2 Cosmos1 Cottage Grove2 Cottonwood3 Courtland2 Credit River7 Cromwell11 Crosby5 Crosslake24 Crown College2 Crystal2 Cuyuna13 Cyrus2 Dalton11 Darfur1 Darwin5 Dassel9 Dayton2 De Graff1 Deephaven2 Deer Creek1 Deer River39 Deerwood23 Delavan2 Dellwood3 Dent18 Detroit Lakes27 Donnelly2 Dovray2 Dresbach1 Duluth6 Dundas2 Dundee3 Eagan12 Eagle Lake4 East Gull Lake14 Echo1 Eden Prairie9 Eden Valley4 Edina2 Effie21 Eitzen7 Elbow Lake29 Elizabeth2 Elk River4 Elko New Market3 Ellendale1 Ely55 Elysian10 Emily46 Emmons2 Erhard12 Erskine4 Esko1 Evansville1 Eveleth2 Excelsior1 Eyota1 Fairhaven7 Fairmont8 Falcon Heights1 Faribault4 Farmington1 Farwell7 Fergus Falls10 Fifty Lakes10 Finland106 Finlayson14 Fish Lake9 Flensburg1 Floodwood4 Florence5 Forada5 Forest Lake3 Fort Ripley4 Fosston4 Frazee15 Freeborn1 Freeport2 Fridley4 Frontenac2 Fulda3 Funkley1 Garden City1 Garfield16 Garrison24 Garvin4 Gaylord2 Geneva1 Genola2 Gibbon1 Gilbert8 Gilman1 Golden Valley4 Gonvick2 Goodland20 Goodview3 Graceville3 Granada1 Grand Marais219 Grand Meadow1 Grand Rapids10 Grasston1 Green Isle4 Greenfield3 Greenwood1 Grey Eagle11 Grove City3 Gully2 Hackensack20 Hadley1 Ham Lake3 Hamburg1 Hancock2 Hanover1 Harding3 Hardwick1 Harris8 Hastings5 Hawley3 Hazel Run1 Heidelberg2 Hendricks3 Henning1 Herman2 Hermantown5 Heron Lake3 Hibbing2 Hill City19 Hills1 Hinckley1 Hitterdal1 Hoffman3 Holdingford1 Holloway3 Homer1 Hopkins2 Howard Lake7 Hoyt Lakes9 Hubbard12 Hugo3 Hutchinson7 Ihlen1 Independence1 Inger25 Inver Grove Heights4 Iona2 Iron Junction21 Ironton8 Isanti2 Isle1 Ivanhoe7 Jackson6 Janesville3 Jeffers3 Jenkins5 Jordan1 Kandiyohi4 Karlstad2 Kasota1 Keewatin11 Kelliher2 Kellogg3 Kensington1 Kerrick5 Kilkenny7 Kimball4 Kinbrae3 Kingston5 Kinney10 Knife River3 La Prairie4 La Salle1 Lake Benton1 Lake Bronson1 Lake Crystal2 Lake Elmo3 Lake George31 Lake Lillian2 Lake Park10 Lake Shore4 Lake St. Croix Beach1 Lake Wilson2 Lakefield3 Lakeville6 Landfall3 Lanesboro1 Laporte13 Le Center2 Le Roy2 Lengby3 Leonard9 Leonidas4 Lilydale2 Lindstrom5 Lino Lakes2 Litchfield7 Little Canada10 Little Falls1 Little Rock8 Littlefork1 Long Beach3 Long Lake2 Long Prairie2 Longville50 Lonsdale5 Loretto9 Louisburg1 Lowry2 Lutsen244 Luverne1 Madelia1 Madison Lake8 Mahnomen3 Mahtomedi1 Mahtowa6 Manchester1 Manhattan Beach6 Mankato2 Mantorville1 Maple Grove3 Maple Lake15 Mapleton3 Mapleview1 Maplewood2 Marble9 Marine On St. Croix8 Marion1 Martin Lake7 Mayer1 McGrath3 McGregor14 McIntosh2 McKinley9 Meadowlands10 Medicine Lake2 Medina2 Melrose3 Menahga4 Mendota1 Mendota Heights1 Mentor2 Merrifield9 Middle River1 Midway1 Miesville1 Milan2 Millerville3 Miltona4 Minneapolis8 Minneiska5 Minnesota City6 Minnesota Lake1 Minnetonka2 Minnetonka Beach2 Minnetrista7 Mizpah3 Montgomery4 Monticello6 Montrose2 Moose Lake9 Mora3 Morris1 Morristown2 Motley6 Mound5 Mounds View1 Mountain Iron5 Mountain Lake1 Nashwauk20 Naytahwaush2 Nelson2 Nett Lake1 Nevis40 New Auburn4 New Brighton4 New Hope4 New London10 New Munich4 New Prague2 New Richland1 New Ulm1 Newport2 Nicollet2 Nicols1 Nimrod5 Nisswa11 Norcross1