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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Minnesota

Minnesota's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 1,030 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Minnesota; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 1,030 waters · 449,465 acres

  1. Mille Lacs LakeLake · Mille Lacs County128,167 acres
  2. Leech LakeLake · Cass County103,350 acres
  3. Cass LakeReservoir · Cass County20,696 acres
  4. Gull LakeReservoir · Cass County9,903 acres
  5. Pelican LakeLake · Crow Wing County8,422 acres
  6. North Long LakeLake · Crow Wing County6,133 acres
  7. Woman LakeLake · Cass County5,536 acres
  8. Tenmile LakeLake · Cass County5,024 acres
  9. Lower Whitefish LakeLake · Crow Wing County4,289 acres
  10. Rice LakeReservoir · Aitkin County3,601 acres
  11. Upper Whitefish LakeLake · Crow Wing County3,436 acres
  12. South Heron LakeLake · Jackson County2,670 acres
  13. Lake AlexanderLake · Morrison County2,663 acres
  14. Lake EdwardLake · Crow Wing County2,579 acres
  15. Kabekona LakeLake · Hubbard County2,435 acres
  16. Bay LakeLake · Crow Wing County2,279 acres
  17. Farm Island LakeLake · Aitkin County1,961 acres
  18. Cross LakeReservoir · Crow Wing County1,767 acres
  19. Steamboat LakeLake · Cass County1,761 acres
  20. Mantrap LakeLake · Hubbard County1,700 acres
  21. Round LakeLake · Crow Wing County1,652 acres
  22. Cedar LakeReservoir · Aitkin County1,637 acres
  23. Andrusia LakeLake · Beltrami County1,579 acres
  24. Portage LakeLake · Cass County1,528 acres
  25. Little Boy LakeLake · Cass County1,423 acres

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