What is the best boating lake near Park Rapids?

Fish Hook Lake in Hubbard County is the top-ranked boating lake near Park Rapids on measured water quality (2.3 miles away).

How many lakes are near Park Rapids for boating?

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

Best Lakes for Boating Near Park Rapids, MN

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Park Rapids, 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.

Park Rapids sits in a lake-rich part of the upper Midwest: 30 graded lakes within reach, average grade A. Fish Hook Lake (A) leads the cluster.

The boating-specific ranking layered on top of the letter grade is what produces the list below: a grade-good lake that does not also support the boating use case is less useful than a grade-decent lake that does.

#	Lake	County	Distance	Clarity	Depth
1	Fish Hook Lake	Hubbard	2.3 mi	10.2 ft	76 ft
2	Long Lake	Hubbard	3.4 mi	11.2 ft	135 ft
3	Potato Lake	Hubbard	5.6 mi	11.5 ft	87 ft
4	Hinds Lake	Hubbard	6 mi	13.5 ft	36 ft
5	Boulder Lake	Hubbard	6.6 mi	10.8 ft	28 ft
6	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	6.9 mi	23 ft	135 ft
7	Blue Lake	Hubbard	7 mi	17.3 ft	84 ft
8	Big Stony Lake	Hubbard	7.2 mi	9.8 ft	24 ft
9	Belle Taine Lake	Hubbard	7.4 mi	22.8 ft	56 ft
10	Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	7.5 mi	20 ft	80 ft
11	Eagle Lake	Hubbard	7.7 mi	11.2 ft	77 ft
12	Pickerel Lake	Hubbard	8.6 mi	11.1 ft	26 ft
13	Island Lake	Hubbard	9.1 mi	10.5 ft	65 ft
14	Shallow Lake	Hubbard	9.4 mi	8.2 ft	10 ft
15	Deer Lake	Hubbard	9.8 mi	12.8 ft	9 ft
16	Fourth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	9.8 mi	8 ft	10 ft
17	Upper Bottle Lake	Hubbard	10.2 mi	16 ft	55 ft
18	Two Inlets Lake	Becker	10.2 mi	9 ft	60 ft
19	Dead Lake	Hubbard	10.3 mi	16 ft	34 ft
20	Island Lake	Hubbard	10.6 mi	16.4 ft	32 ft
21	Duck Lake	Hubbard	10.7 mi	10.2 ft	23 ft
22	Palmer Lake	Hubbard	10.7 mi	9.5 ft	21 ft
23	Hungry Man Lake	Becker	11.4 mi	14.4 ft	21 ft
24	Skunk Lake	Hubbard	11.6 mi	16.5 ft	55 ft
25	Spider (Ne Lake	Hubbard	11.6 mi	17.1 ft	96 ft
26	Spirit Lake	Wadena	12 mi	15.4 ft	45 ft
27	Ninth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	13.9 mi	10.2 ft	65 ft
28	Boot Lake	Becker	14.3 mi	19.5 ft	109 ft
29	Little Mantrap Lake	Hubbard	14.5 mi	17 ft	54 ft
30	Tenth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	15 mi	10.5 ft	40 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.