What is the best boating lake near Minocqua?

Minocqua Lake in Oneida County is the top-ranked boating lake near Minocqua on measured water quality (1 miles away).

How many lakes are near Minocqua for boating?

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

Best Lakes for Boating Near Minocqua, WI

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Minocqua, Wisconsin, 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.

Minocqua sits in a lake-rich part of the upper Midwest: 30 measured lakes within reach. Minocqua 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	Minocqua Lake	Oneida	1 mi	14.8 ft	60 ft
2	Mid Lake	Oneida	2.6 mi	7 ft	12 ft
3	Blue Lake	Oneida	3 mi	23 ft	49 ft
4	Clear Lake	Oneida	4.7 mi	-	95 ft
5	Lower Kaubashine Lake	Oneida	4.7 mi	13.8 ft	36 ft
6	Towanda Lake	Vilas	4.8 mi	10.5 ft	27 ft
7	Big Arbor Vitae Lake	Vilas	5.2 mi	6 ft	41 ft
8	Upper Kaubashine Lake	Oneida	5.7 mi	19 ft	56 ft
9	Little Spider Lake	Vilas	6.9 mi	16 ft	23 ft
10	Hasbrook Lake	Oneida	6.9 mi	21 ft	50 ft
11	Franklin Lake	Oneida	7.1 mi	16.2 ft	25 ft
12	Plummer Lake	Vilas	7.4 mi	18 ft	85 ft
13	Bear Lake	Oneida	8.5 mi	8 ft	20 ft
14	Stearns Lake	Vilas	9 mi	10 ft	16 ft
15	Bearskin Lake	Oneida	9.7 mi	6 ft	26 ft
16	Crawling Stone Lake	Vilas	9.7 mi	16 ft	87 ft
17	Lake Content	Vilas	10.3 mi	9 ft	14 ft
18	Great Bass Lake	Oneida	10.7 mi	10.5 ft	24 ft
19	Little Bearskin Lake	Oneida	11.1 mi	8.3 ft	27 ft
20	Pokegama Lake	Vilas	12 mi	-	65 ft
21	Alva Lake	Oneida	12.5 mi	19.5 ft	43 ft
22	Plum Lake	Vilas	12.6 mi	14.2 ft	57 ft
23	Tom Doyle Lake	Oneida	12.9 mi	7 ft	30 ft
24	Day Lake	Vilas	13.3 mi	-	57 ft
25	Upper Gresham Lake	Vilas	13.4 mi	11.3 ft	32 ft
26	Sugarbush Lake	Vilas	13.6 mi	16 ft	29 ft
27	Moon Lake	Vilas	13.8 mi	13 ft	38 ft
28	Found Lake	Vilas	13.9 mi	6 ft	21 ft
29	Escanaba Lake	Vilas	14.6 mi	9.5 ft	26 ft
30	Little Trout Lake	Vilas	14.9 mi	-	98 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.