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Lakes Near Brainerd, Minnesota

721 counted Minnesota lakes sit within 60 miles of Brainerd - the largest is Mille Lacs at 128,250 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	28 mi	128,250 acres	42 ft
Leech	Cass	58 mi	103,444 acres	150 ft
Gull	Cass	10 mi	10,010 acres	80 ft
Pelican	Crow Wing	15 mi	8,367 acres	104 ft
Whitefish	Crow Wing	23 mi	7,714 acres	138 ft
Osakis	Todd	53 mi	6,389 acres	73 ft
North Long	Crow Wing	6 mi	6,190 acres	97 ft
Big Sandy	Aitkin	52 mi	6,125 acres	84 ft
Woman	Cass	42 mi	5,520 acres	54 ft
Ten Mile	Cass	46 mi	5,080 acres	208 ft
Rice	Aitkin	41 mi	3,684 acres	4.5 ft
Boy	Cass	52 mi	3,308 acres	45 ft
Alexander	Morrison	19 mi	2,709 acres	64 ft
Edward	Crow Wing	11 mi	2,628 acres	75 ft
Minnewawa	Aitkin	51 mi	2,351 acres	21 ft
Bay	Crow Wing	17 mi	2,330 acres	74 ft
Sauk	Todd	53 mi	2,126 acres	61 ft
Big Birch	Todd	48 mi	2,107 acres	81 ft
Big Rice	Cass	46 mi	2,030 acres	5 ft
Farm Island	Aitkin	21 mi	2,005 acres	56 ft
Long	Hubbard	53 mi	1,926 acres	135 ft
Cross Lake Reservoir	Crow Wing	22 mi	1,815 acres	84 ft
Cedar	Aitkin	22 mi	1,726 acres	105 ft
Platte	Crow Wing	19 mi	1,663 acres	23 ft
Round	Crow Wing	8 mi	1,650 acres	51 ft
Fish Hook	Hubbard	58 mi	1,643 acres	76 ft
Big Sand	Hubbard	58 mi	1,639 acres	135 ft
Pine Mountain	Cass	36 mi	1,617 acres	80 ft
Washburn	Cass	37 mi	1,590 acres	111 ft
Roosevelt	Cass	34 mi	1,511 acres	129 ft
Belle Taine	Hubbard	52 mi	1,497 acres	56 ft
Little Boy	Cass	41 mi	1,452 acres	74 ft
Shamineau	Morrison	20 mi	1,434 acres	52 ft
Split Hand	Itasca	59 mi	1,374 acres	34 ft
Big Trout	Crow Wing	25 mi	1,366 acres	128 ft
Thunder	Cass	43 mi	1,347 acres	95 ft
Little Rock	Benton	43 mi	1,311 acres	17 ft
South Long	Crow Wing	8 mi	1,309 acres	47 ft
Hubert	Crow Wing	10 mi	1,301 acres	83 ft
Birch	Cass	44 mi	1,267 acres	45 ft
Knife	Kanabec	50 mi	1,259 acres	15 ft
Wabedo	Cass	38 mi	1,226 acres	95 ft
Fish Trap	Morrison	22 mi	1,164 acres	42 ft
Inguadona	Cass	43 mi	1,133 acres	79 ft
Serpent	Crow Wing	16 mi	1,116 acres	65 ft
Sullivan	Morrison	19 mi	1,103 acres	57 ft
Pleasant	Cass	41 mi	1,099 acres	72 ft
Onamia	Mille Lacs	31 mi	1,044 acres	10 ft
Borden	Crow Wing	17 mi	1,011 acres	84 ft
Long	Cass	46 mi	1,007 acres	115 ft
Ada	Cass	34 mi	963 acres	60 ft
Big Swan	Todd	41 mi	947 acres	45 ft
Horseshoe	Crow Wing	16 mi	922 acres	56 ft
Clearwater	Crow Wing	14 mi	905 acres	54 ft
Big Portage	Cass	36 mi	902 acres	23 ft
Sylvan	Cass	10 mi	894 acres	57 ft
Upper Mission	Crow Wing	15 mi	882 acres	36 ft
Rush	Crow Wing	24 mi	858 acres	105 ft
Esquagamah	Aitkin	36 mi	842 acres	31 ft
Little Birch	Todd	49 mi	839 acres	89 ft

Showing the 60 largest of 721 counted lakes within 60 miles of Brainerd.

Sources: Minnesota DNR lake data; lake coordinates from the DNR. Verified October 30, 2026.