Best Cabin Lakes in Minnesota & Wisconsin: Clean and Deep

Rank	Lake	County	State	Area	Depth	Fish
1	Little Mcdonald Lake	Otter Tail	MN	1,316.02 ac	109 ft	14
2	Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	3,294 ac	74 ft	6
3	Derby Lake	Montcalm	MI	113.2 ac	87 ft	12
4	Bad Medicine Lake	Becker	MN	803.03 ac	84 ft	13
5	Grindstone Lake	Sawyer	WI	3,176 ac	60 ft	6
6	Rennie Lake	Grand Traverse	MI	225.8 ac	27 ft	9
7	Serpent Lake	Crow Wing	MN	1,116.34 ac	65 ft	17
8	Little Round Lake	Sawyer	WI	179 ac	38 ft	6
9	Gun Lake	Mason	MI	232.1 ac	22 ft	6
10	Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	MN	3,657.12 ac	75 ft	16
11	Osprey Lake	Sawyer	WI	214 ac	32 ft	6
12	Round Lake	Lenawee	MI	507.3 ac	67 ft	25
13	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	MN	1,638.65 ac	135 ft	16
14	Blueberry Lake	Sawyer	WI	292 ac	29 ft	5
15	Clear Lake	Jackson	MI	129.5 ac	34 ft	17
16	Stony Lake	Cass	MN	563.21 ac	50 ft	12
17	Whitefish Lake	Sawyer	WI	800 ac	105 ft	7
18	Au Sable Lake	Ogemaw	MI	268.7 ac	52 ft	11
19	Turtle Lake	Becker	MN	196.39 ac	73 ft	13
20	Big Cedar Lake-North Site-Near West Bend	Washington	WI	937 ac	105 ft	4
21	Lake George	Clare	MI	129.3 ac	25 ft	8
22	Belle Taine Lake	Hubbard	MN	1,496.66 ac	56 ft	14
23	Big Sand Lake	Burnett	WI	1,434 ac	55 ft	5
24	Sawyer Lake	Dickinson	MI	241 ac	20 ft	8
25	Eagle Lake	Otter Tail	MN	907.4 ac	46 ft	10
26	Sand Lake	Sawyer	WI	949 ac	50 ft	6
27	Crooked Lake	Emmet	MI	2,359.5 ac	50 ft	26
28	West Sylvia Lake	Wright	MN	904.39 ac	97 ft	15
29	Powers Lake	Kenosha	WI	451 ac	33 ft	5
30	Beaver Lake	Alger	MI	781.7 ac	39 ft	14
31	Long Lost Lake	Clearwater	MN	539.04 ac	63 ft	11
32	Lake Beulah	Walworth	WI	812 ac	58 ft	3
33	Big Ole Lake	Itasca	MN	216.95 ac	65 ft	10
34	Black Oak Lake	Vilas	WI	564 ac	85 ft	6
35	Little Jay Gould Lake	Itasca	MN	149.97 ac	56 ft	16
36	Wheeler Lake	Oconto	WI	281 ac	35 ft	5
37	Long Lake	Cass	MN	1,007.4 ac	115 ft	14
38	Whitefish Lake	Douglas	WI	848 ac	102 ft	5
39	Six Lake	Otter Tail	MN	196.53 ac	140 ft	11
40	Pine Lake	Waukesha	WI	711 ac	85 ft	5
41	East Sylvia Lake	Wright	MN	669.42 ac	78 ft	14
42	Lake Owen	Bayfield	WI	1,250 ac	95 ft	5
43	Moon Lake	Douglas	MN	139.09 ac	38 ft	12
44	Stone Lake	Washburn	WI	490 ac	49 ft	5
45	Bearskin Lake	Cook	MN	509.22 ac	78 ft	9
46	Maiden Lake	Oconto	WI	269 ac	52 ft	4
47	Swenson Lake	Beltrami	MN	411.77 ac	76 ft	10
48	Blue Lake	Oneida	WI	441 ac	49 ft	4
49	Mayhew Lake	Cook	MN	220.9 ac	84 ft	8
50	Forest Lake	Vilas	WI	468 ac	60 ft	5

Cabin destinations with measured water

Named lodging regions

These pages pair measured lakes with live cabins and rentals.

Door County — Wisconsin peninsula
Lake of the Ozarks — Missouri
Finger Lakes — New York
Adirondacks / Lake George — New York

Lowest-nutrient cabin lakes

Little Mcdonald Lake — Otter Tail County, MN
Round Lake — Sawyer County, WI
Derby Lake — Montcalm County, MI
Bad Medicine Lake — Becker County, MN

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These lists keep clear, low-nutrient water, 100 to 5,000 acres, at least 20 feet of depth, and documented game fish. That mix is what a weekend cabin trip actually uses — swim water, a fishable basin, and a shoreline that can hold a dock.

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