What is the best boating lake near Alexandria?

Cowdry Lake in Douglas County is the top-ranked boating lake near Alexandria on measured water quality (2.2 miles away).

How many lakes are near Alexandria for boating?

30 lakes within driving distance of Alexandria match the boating filters used on this page.

Best Lakes for Boating Near Alexandria, MN

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Alexandria, Minnesota, ranked by water quality and boating-specific filters. Filtered for at least 100 acres and public access. The largest lakes with boat-worthy water are listed first.

Within reasonable driving distance of Alexandria sit 30 measured lakes, a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend.

Filtered for boating, the nearby-lake list narrows further. boating-specific signals, fish species, public access, depth profile, motor-boat congestion, interact with the water-quality readings in different ways depending on the use case.

#	Lake	County	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Cowdry Lake	Douglas	2.2 mi	17.1 ft	52 ft
2	Geneva Lake	Douglas	2.6 mi	14.1 ft	63 ft
3	Latoka Lake	Douglas	2.9 mi	19 ft	108 ft
4	Burgen Lake	Douglas	3.3 mi	12 ft	43 ft
5	Brophy Lake	Douglas	3.5 mi	15.4 ft	44 ft
6	Louise Lake	Douglas	3.5 mi	14.5 ft	33 ft
7	Le Homme Dieu Lake	Douglas	3.6 mi	13.1 ft	85 ft
8	Andrew Lake	Douglas	4.8 mi	13.9 ft	83 ft
9	Carlos Lake	Douglas	5.3 mi	18 ft	163 ft
10	Lobster Lake	Douglas	7.1 mi	13 ft	65 ft
11	Mary Lake	Douglas	7.1 mi	10.5 ft	40 ft
12	Maple Lake	Douglas	7.5 mi	14.1 ft	78 ft
13	Ida Lake	Douglas	7.8 mi	16.4 ft	106 ft
14	Crooked Lake	Douglas	8.9 mi	14 ft	35 ft
15	Blackwell Lake	Douglas	9.4 mi	11.5 ft	42 ft
16	Rachel Lake	Douglas	10.1 mi	7.9 ft	65 ft
17	Chippewa Lake	Douglas	10.8 mi	14.8 ft	95 ft
18	Miltona Lake	Douglas	10.8 mi	18.7 ft	105 ft
19	Moon Lake	Douglas	11.2 mi	21 ft	38 ft
20	Vermont Lake	Douglas	13.8 mi	14.1 ft	59 ft
21	Minnewaska Lake	Pope	18 mi	11 ft	32 ft
22	Eagle Lake	Otter Tail	24.8 mi	22.6 ft	46 ft
23	Crane Lake	Otter Tail	26.5 mi	9 ft	43 ft
24	Linka Lake	Pope	27.2 mi	10.2 ft	50 ft
25	Little Birch Lake	Todd	28.9 mi	13 ft	89 ft
26	Stuart Lake	Otter Tail	28.9 mi	17.5 ft	49 ft
27	Long Lake	Otter Tail	29.1 mi	12.1 ft	88 ft
28	Clitherall Lake	Otter Tail	29.3 mi	14.1 ft	69 ft
29	East Battle Lake	Otter Tail	29.7 mi	13.1 ft	87 ft
30	Scandinavian Lake	Pope	30.1 mi	8 ft	49 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.