What is the best kayaking lake near Minocqua?

Moon Lake in Gogebic County is the top-ranked kayaking lake near Minocqua on measured water quality (31.9 miles away).

How many lakes are near Minocqua for kayaking?

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

Best Lakes for Kayaking Near Minocqua, WI

30 kayaking lakes within driving distance of Minocqua, Wisconsin, ranked by water quality and kayaking-specific filters. Filtered for favourable clarity and algae readings, public access, and ideal paddling size (30-3,000 acres).

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

The kayaking-specific ranking layered on top of the readings is what produces the list below: a lake with clean readings that does not also support the kayaking use case is less useful than a decent one that does.

#	Lake	County	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Moon Lake	Gogebic	31.9 mi	18 ft	-
2	Minocqua Lake	Oneida	1 mi	14.8 ft	60 ft
3	Mid Lake	Oneida	2.6 mi	7 ft	12 ft
4	Blue Lake	Oneida	3 mi	23 ft	49 ft
5	Clear Lake	Oneida	4.7 mi	-	95 ft
6	Lower Kaubashine Lake	Oneida	4.7 mi	13.8 ft	36 ft
7	Towanda Lake	Vilas	4.8 mi	10.5 ft	27 ft
8	Big Arbor Vitae Lake	Vilas	5.2 mi	6 ft	41 ft
9	Upper Kaubashine Lake	Oneida	5.7 mi	19 ft	56 ft
10	Lee Lake	Oneida	5.9 mi	22.5 ft	44 ft
11	Little Spider Lake	Vilas	6.9 mi	16 ft	23 ft
12	Hasbrook Lake	Oneida	6.9 mi	21 ft	50 ft
13	Franklin Lake	Oneida	7.1 mi	16.2 ft	25 ft
14	Plummer Lake	Vilas	7.4 mi	18 ft	85 ft
15	Bear Lake	Oneida	8.5 mi	8 ft	20 ft
16	Stearns Lake	Vilas	9 mi	10 ft	16 ft
17	Bearskin Lake	Oneida	9.7 mi	6 ft	26 ft
18	Crawling Stone Lake	Vilas	9.7 mi	16 ft	87 ft
19	Haskell Lake	Vilas	10.1 mi	-	50 ft
20	Lake Content	Vilas	10.3 mi	9 ft	14 ft
21	Bobidosh Lake	Vilas	10.4 mi	14 ft	33 ft
22	Great Bass Lake	Oneida	10.7 mi	10.5 ft	24 ft
23	Little Bearskin Lake	Oneida	11.1 mi	8.3 ft	27 ft
24	Pokegama Lake	Vilas	12 mi	-	65 ft
25	Alva Lake	Oneida	12.5 mi	19.5 ft	43 ft
26	Plum Lake	Vilas	12.6 mi	14.2 ft	57 ft
27	Tom Doyle Lake	Oneida	12.9 mi	7 ft	30 ft
28	Day Lake	Vilas	13.3 mi	-	57 ft
29	Upper Gresham Lake	Vilas	13.4 mi	11.3 ft	32 ft
30	Sugarbush Lake	Vilas	13.6 mi	16 ft	29 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.