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Lakes Near Duluth, Minnesota

320 counted Minnesota lakes sit within 60 miles of Duluth - the largest is St. Louis River Estuary at 10,255 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
St. Louis River Estuary	St. Louis	6 mi	10,255 acres	55 ft
Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	16 mi	8,001 acres	94 ft
Big Sandy	Aitkin	55 mi	6,125 acres	84 ft
Whiteface Reservoir	St. Louis	36 mi	4,567 acres	35 ft
Boulder	St. Louis	19 mi	3,260 acres	18 ft
Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	13 mi	3,258 acres	36 ft
Wild Rice	St. Louis	8 mi	2,372 acres	11 ft
Minnewawa	Aitkin	55 mi	2,351 acres	21 ft
Sturgeon	Pine	42 mi	1,706 acres	40 ft
Grand	St. Louis	16 mi	1,665 acres	24 ft
Seven Beaver	St. Louis	51 mi	1,414 acres	5 ft
Greenwood	Lake	55 mi	1,329 acres	7 ft
Whitewater	St. Louis	50 mi	1,212 acres	73 ft
West Two Rivers Reservoir	St. Louis	55 mi	967 acres	27 ft
Big	St. Louis	53 mi	808 acres	30 ft
Prairie	St. Louis	38 mi	794 acres	47 ft
Ely	St. Louis	49 mi	723 acres	70 ft
Aitkin	Aitkin	56 mi	659 acres	35 ft
Round	Aitkin	52 mi	554 acres	27 ft
Caribou	St. Louis	13 mi	539 acres	21 ft
Island	Pine	41 mi	527 acres	42 ft
Sand	Pine	41 mi	527 acres	47 ft
Big	Carlton	26 mi	526 acres	25 ft
Colby	St. Louis	51 mi	518 acres	30 ft
Pike	St. Louis	11 mi	488 acres	60 ft
Sand	Lake	59 mi	486 acres	11 ft
Embarrass	St. Louis	52 mi	463 acres	19 ft
Oak	Pine	36 mi	459 acres	20 ft
Wolf	St. Louis	35 mi	456 acres	12 ft
Esquagama	St. Louis	49 mi	453 acres	90 ft
Pine	St. Louis	49 mi	450 acres	14 ft
Rat	Aitkin	59 mi	431 acres	21 ft
Pequaywan	St. Louis	29 mi	425 acres	33 ft
Nichols	St. Louis	30 mi	419 acres	31 ft
Hanging Horn	Carlton	35 mi	409 acres	80 ft
Bassett	St. Louis	41 mi	403 acres	21 ft
Thomson Reservoir	Carlton	16 mi	390 acres	22 ft
Eagle	Carlton	40 mi	389 acres	35 ft
Park	Carlton	29 mi	381 acres	16 ft
Long	St. Louis	38 mi	374 acres	14 ft
Elliot	St. Louis	40 mi	373 acres	13 ft
Murphy	St. Louis	40 mi	354 acres	24 ft
Pleasant	St. Louis	46 mi	335 acres	33 ft
Strand	St. Louis	29 mi	330 acres	16 ft
Hart	Itasca	59 mi	328 acres	55 ft
Round	St. Louis	50 mi	327 acres	6 ft
Lower (South) Island	Carlton	38 mi	320 acres	22 ft
King	St. Louis	30 mi	318 acres	8 ft
Floodwood	St. Louis	52 mi	314 acres	55 ft
Chub	Carlton	20 mi	313 acres	28 ft
Sabin	St. Louis	56 mi	312 acres	40 ft
Lax	Lake	54 mi	295 acres	35 ft
Cadotte	St. Louis	42 mi	294 acres	18 ft
Moosehead	Carlton	39 mi	279 acres	18 ft
Wynne	St. Louis	54 mi	279 acres	52 ft
Loon	St. Louis	42 mi	271 acres	85 ft
Linwood	St. Louis	37 mi	270 acres	34 ft
Upper Comstock	St. Louis	30 mi	267 acres	28 ft
Leora	St. Louis	26 mi	263 acres	35 ft
Island	Aitkin	52 mi	244 acres	25 ft

Showing the 60 largest of 320 counted lakes within 60 miles of Duluth.

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