What is the best boating lake near Bemidji?

Bemidji Lake in Beltrami County is the top-ranked boating lake near Bemidji on measured water quality (4.6 miles away).

How many lakes are near Bemidji for boating?

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

Best Lakes for Boating Near Bemidji, MN

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Bemidji, 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.

Bemidji sits in a lake-rich part of the upper Midwest: 30 measured lakes within reach. Bemidji Lake carries the lowest nutrient and algae readings of the cluster.

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	Bemidji Lake	Beltrami	4.6 mi	12.5 ft	76 ft
2	Plantagenet Lake	Hubbard	5.8 mi	7 ft	65 ft
3	Stump Lake	Beltrami	6 mi	13 ft	24 ft
4	Grant Lake	Beltrami	6 mi	10.7 ft	92 ft
5	Big Bass Lake	Beltrami	6.1 mi	10.5 ft	17 ft
6	Movil Lake	Beltrami	8.2 mi	14 ft	50 ft
7	Beltrami Lake	Beltrami	8.8 mi	11.2 ft	50 ft
8	Turtle Lake	Beltrami	9.8 mi	10.2 ft	45 ft
9	Wolf Lake	Beltrami	9.8 mi	9 ft	57 ft
10	Midge Lake	Hubbard	9.9 mi	18 ft	24 ft
11	Three Island Lake	Beltrami	10.4 mi	11.8 ft	25 ft
12	Andrusia Lake	Beltrami	10.6 mi	15.1 ft	60 ft
13	Jessie Lake	Beltrami	10.9 mi	4.6 ft	35 ft
14	Black Lake	Beltrami	11.4 mi	10.3 ft	42 ft
15	Hennepin Lake	Hubbard	11.9 mi	10 ft	14 ft
16	Big Lake	Beltrami	12.2 mi	9.7 ft	35 ft
17	Little Big Lake	Beltrami	12.4 mi	9.3 ft	35 ft
18	Julia Lake	Beltrami	13 mi	9.2 ft	43 ft
19	Whitefish Lake	Beltrami	14.1 mi	12.5 ft	30 ft
20	Deer Lake	Beltrami	14.2 mi	11 ft	42 ft
21	Long Lake	Beltrami	15.4 mi	10 ft	83 ft
22	South Twin Lake	Beltrami	15.7 mi	16.7 ft	45 ft
23	North Twin Lake	Beltrami	15.8 mi	17.4 ft	59 ft
24	Buzzle Lake	Beltrami	15.8 mi	17.1 ft	83 ft
25	Sandy Lake	Beltrami	15.9 mi	14 ft	32 ft
26	Hattie Lake	Hubbard	16.4 mi	12.5 ft	39 ft
27	Cass Lake	Beltrami	16.5 mi	18.5 ft	120 ft
28	Lasalle Lake	Hubbard	16.6 mi	6.9 ft	213 ft
29	Cass Lake Pike Bay	Cass	17.4 mi	13.6 ft	95 ft
30	Garfield Lake	Hubbard	17.6 mi	9.5 ft	32 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.