What is the best boating lake near Bemidji?

Bemidji Lake in Beltrami County is the top-ranked boating lake near Bemidji, with a water quality grade of A (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 graded lakes within reach, average grade A. Bemidji Lake (A) leads 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 letter grade in different ways depending on the use case.

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

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.