What is the best boating lake near Alexandria?

Cowdry Lake in Douglas County is the top-ranked boating lake near Alexandria, with a water quality grade of A (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 graded lakes — a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend. The average grade across the nearby set is A.

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

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

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