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Largest Lakes in Minnesota

Ranked by surface area, from Minnesota DNR lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods	725,583 acres	210 ft
2	Rainy	St. Louis	210,200 acres	161 ft
3	Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	42 ft
4	Red (Upper Red)	Beltrami	119,294 acres	15 ft
5	Leech	Cass	103,444 acres	150 ft
6	Winnibigoshish	Cass	56,471 acres	69.8 ft
7	Vermilion	St. Louis	39,272 acres	76 ft
8	Lac la Croix	St. Louis	29,597 acres	168 ft
9	Basswood	Lake	25,953 acres	111 ft
10	Namakan	St. Louis	24,066 acres	150 ft
11	Kabetogama	St. Louis	24,034 acres	80 ft
12	Saganaga	Cook	18,767 acres	280 ft
13	Cass	Beltrami	15,958 acres	120 ft
14	Minnetonka	Hennepin	14,206 acres	113 ft
15	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	14,079 acres	120 ft
16	Pepin	Goodhue	12,299 acres	60 ft
17	Big Stone	Big Stone	11,984 acres	16 ft
18	Pelican	St. Louis	11,546 acres	38 ft
19	Traverse	Traverse	10,849 acres	12 ft
20	Crooked	Lake	10,360 acres	165 ft
21	St. Louis River Estuary	St. Louis	10,255 acres	55 ft
22	Gull	Cass	10,010 acres	80 ft
23	Bowstring	Itasca	9,528 acres	32 ft
24	Sand Point	St. Louis	8,527 acres	184 ft
25	St. Croix River-Stlwtr-Prescott	Washington	8,393 acres	78 ft
26	Pelican	Crow Wing	8,367 acres	104 ft
27	Minnewaska	Pope	8,050 acres	32 ft
28	Island Lake Reservoir	St. Louis	8,001 acres	94 ft
29	Whitefish	Crow Wing	7,714 acres	138 ft
30	Dead	Otter Tail	7,546 acres	65 ft
31	Trout	St. Louis	7,425 acres	98 ft
32	Burntside	St. Louis	7,314 acres	126 ft
33	Birch	St. Louis	7,074 acres	25 ft
34	Pokegama	Itasca	6,721 acres	112 ft
35	Bemidji (main lake)	Beltrami	6,596 acres	76 ft
36	Osakis	Todd	6,389 acres	73 ft
37	North Long	Crow Wing	6,190 acres	97 ft
38	Big Sandy	Aitkin	6,125 acres	84 ft
39	Lac Qui Parle	Lac Qui Parle	5,741 acres	15 ft
40	Miltona	Douglas	5,731 acres	105 ft
41	West Battle	Otter Tail	5,615 acres	108 ft
42	Green	Kandiyohi	5,569 acres	110 ft
43	North Lida	Otter Tail	5,523 acres	58 ft
44	Woman	Cass	5,520 acres	54 ft
45	Rush	Otter Tail	5,276 acres	68 ft
46	Ten Mile	Cass	5,080 acres	208 ft
47	Knife	Lake	4,919 acres	179 ft
48	Pike Bay	Cass	4,756 acres	95 ft
49	Big Pine	Otter Tail	4,728 acres	76 ft
50	Snowbank	Lake	4,655 acres	150 ft
51	Whiteface Reservoir	St. Louis	4,567 acres	35 ft
52	Star	Otter Tail	4,486 acres	94 ft
53	Marsh	Big Stone	4,462 acres	5 ft
54	Ida	Douglas	4,445 acres	106 ft
55	Ball Club	Itasca	4,335 acres	85 ft
56	Brule	Cook	4,327 acres	78 ft
57	Deer	Itasca	4,093 acres	121 ft
58	Gunflint	Cook	4,009 acres	200 ft
59	Christina	Douglas	3,971 acres	14 ft
60	Pelican	Otter Tail	3,962 acres	55 ft
61	Sea Gull	Cook	3,958 acres	145 ft
62	Reno	Pope	3,809 acres	23 ft
63	Height of Land	Becker	3,795 acres	21 ft
64	Pelican	Grant	3,761 acres	21 ft
65	Rice	Aitkin	3,684 acres	4.5 ft
66	Big Cormorant	Becker	3,657 acres	75 ft
67	Big	Beltrami	3,598 acres	35 ft
68	Sand	Itasca	3,579 acres	70 ft
69	Shetek	Murray	3,462 acres	10 ft
70	Boy	Cass	3,308 acres	45 ft
71	Boulder	St. Louis	3,260 acres	18 ft
72	Fish Lake Flowage	St. Louis	3,258 acres	36 ft
73	White Iron	St. Louis	3,237 acres	47 ft
74	Clearwater	Wright	3,187 acres	73 ft
75	Shell	Becker	3,147 acres	16 ft
76	Island	Itasca	3,108 acres	35 ft
77	Waconia	Carver	3,080 acres	37 ft
78	Detroit	Becker	3,067 acres	89 ft
79	Koronis (main lake)	Stearns	2,968 acres	132 ft
80	Crane	St. Louis	2,921 acres	80 ft
81	Round	Itasca	2,860 acres	24 ft
82	Insula	Lake	2,840 acres	63 ft
83	Cut Foot Sioux	Itasca	2,771 acres	78 ft
84	Big Kandiyohi	Kandiyohi	2,730 acres	18 ft
85	Bass	Itasca	2,715 acres	76 ft
86	Blackduck	Beltrami	2,711 acres	28 ft
87	Alexander	Morrison	2,709 acres	64 ft
88	Benton	Lincoln	2,699 acres	9 ft
89	Albert Lea	Freeborn	2,669 acres	5.5 ft
90	Heron (South Heron)	Jackson	2,641 acres	5 ft
91	Edward	Crow Wing	2,628 acres	75 ft
92	Carlos	Douglas	2,605 acres	163 ft
93	Clitherall	Otter Tail	2,540 acres	69 ft
94	Plantagenet	Hubbard	2,531 acres	65 ft
95	Loon	St. Louis	2,498 acres	76 ft
96	Swan	Itasca	2,456 acres	65 ft
97	Mary	Douglas	2,450 acres	40 ft
98	Mud	Traverse	2,449 acres	6.5 ft
99	Washington	Meeker	2,438 acres	17 ft
100	Kabekona	Hubbard	2,433 acres	133 ft

Showing the top 100 of 3,727 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Minnesota page, for the full inventory.

Source: Minnesota DNR lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.