Lakes / Minnesota / Hennepin County

Lakes in Hennepin County, Minnesota

86 lakes counted in Hennepin County - the largest is Minnetonka at 14,206 acres.

Lakes Counted

14,206 acres

Largest - Minnetonka

113 ft

Deepest - Minnetonka

Hennepin County, highlighted, with its largest counted lakes dotted. Outlines from Census boundary data.

All Counted Lakes

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
2	Medicine	Hennepin	924 acres	49 ft
3	Independence	Hennepin	832 acres	58 ft
4	Sarah	Hennepin	557 acres	59 ft
5	Whaletail	Hennepin	510 acres	22 ft
6	U.S. Lock & Dam #1 Pool	Hennepin	471 acres	9 ft
7	Bde Maka Ska	Hennepin	424 acres	82 ft
8	Diamond	Hennepin	405 acres	8 ft
9	Rice	Hennepin	365 acres	11.5 ft
10	Harriet	Hennepin	341 acres	87 ft
11	St. Anthony Falls Pool	Hennepin	317 acres	9 ft
12	Eagle	Hennepin	296 acres	34 ft
13	Long	Hennepin	285 acres	33 ft
14	Christmas	Hennepin	267 acres	87 ft
15	Rebecca	Hennepin	263 acres	30 ft
16	Fish	Hennepin	238 acres	49 ft
17	Twin	Hennepin	217 acres	44 ft
18	Nokomis	Hennepin	201 acres	33 ft
19	Bass	Hennepin	182 acres	31 ft
20	Bryant	Hennepin	180 acres	45 ft
21	Dutch	Hennepin	175 acres	45 ft
22	Bush	Hennepin	171 acres	28 ft
23	Staring	Hennepin	167 acres	16 ft
24	Cedar	Hennepin	164 acres	51 ft
25	Weaver	Hennepin	152 acres	57 ft
26	Langdon	Hennepin	143 acres	38 ft
27	Gleason (Main Lake)	Hennepin	135 acres	16 ft
28	Mooney	Hennepin	124 acres	10 ft
29	Lake of the Isles	Hennepin	114 acres	31 ft
30	Mitchell	Hennepin	114 acres	19 ft
31	Snelling	Hennepin	103 acres	9.5 ft
32	Parkers	Hennepin	100 acres	37 ft
33	Red Rock	Hennepin	97 acres	16 ft
34	Jubert	Hennepin	93 acres	41 ft
35	Shady Oak	Hennepin	91 acres	35 ft
36	Forest	Hennepin	90 acres	42 ft
37	Hyland	Hennepin	84 acres	12 ft
38	Southeast Anderson	Hennepin	82 acres	9 ft
39	Spurzem	Hennepin	82 acres	38 ft
40	Crystal	Hennepin	79 acres	39 ft
41	Holy Name	Hennepin	71 acres	7 ft
42	Little Long	Hennepin	69 acres	76 ft
43	Sweeney	Hennepin	68 acres	28 ft
44	Glen	Hennepin	60 acres	25 ft
45	Pike	Hennepin	57 acres	22 ft
46	Haughey	Hennepin	54 acres	23 ft
47	Cornelia	Hennepin	53 acres	6.5 ft
48	Hiawatha	Hennepin	53 acres	33 ft
49	Tanager	Hennepin	53 acres	23 ft
50	Diamond	Hennepin	52 acres	5.8 ft
51	Smetana	Hennepin	52 acres	12 ft
52	Schmidt	Hennepin	45 acres	25 ft
53	Penn	Hennepin	44 acres	7 ft
54	Peter (Main Basin)	Hennepin	41 acres	68 ft
55	Schandell	Hennepin	40 acres	29 ft
56	Wirth	Hennepin	40 acres	25 ft
57	Champlin Mill Pond	Hennepin	37 acres	11 ft
58	Hafften	Hennepin	37 acres	44 ft
59	Half Moon	Hennepin	33 acres	25 ft
60	Round	Hennepin	31 acres	37 ft
61	Pomerleau	Hennepin	26 acres	26 ft
62	Lost	Hennepin	23 acres	6 ft
63	Arrowhead	Hennepin	22 acres	7 ft
64	Libbs	Hennepin	22 acres	8 ft
65	Twin	Hennepin	21 acres	56 ft
66	Ryan	Hennepin	19 acres	36 ft
67	Lone	Hennepin	17 acres	27 ft
68	Winterhalter	Hennepin	16 acres	27 ft
69	Minnetoga	Hennepin	15 acres	27 ft
70	Taft	Hennepin	14 acres	45 ft
71	Ardmore	Hennepin	13 acres	20 ft
72	Idlewild	Hennepin	13 acres	9 ft
73	Lydiard	Hennepin	13 acres	52 ft
74	Boundary Creek Pond	Hennepin	11 acres	8 ft
75	Powderhorn	Hennepin	11 acres	24 ft
76	School	Hennepin	11 acres	19 ft
77	Brownie	Hennepin	10 acres	47 ft
78	Dickey's	Hennepin	9 acres	26 ft
79	Peavey	Hennepin	9 acres	63 ft
80	Hidden	Hennepin	8 acres	28 ft
81	Birch Island	Hennepin	7 acres	21 ft
82	Loring	Hennepin	7 acres	16 ft
83	Smith Pond	Hennepin	7 acres	16 ft
84	Centennial	Hennepin	6 acres	9 ft
85	Wolfe Park	Hennepin	3 acres	25 ft
86	Webber	Hennepin	2 acres	4 ft

Sources: Minnesota DNR lake data; USGS. Verified October 30, 2026.