What is the best kayaking lake near Park Rapids?

Fish Hook Lake in Hubbard County is the top-ranked kayaking lake near Park Rapids, with a water quality grade of A (2.3 miles away).

How many lakes are near Park Rapids for kayaking?

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

Best Lakes for Kayaking Near Park Rapids, MN

30 kayaking lakes within driving distance of Park Rapids, Minnesota, ranked by water quality and kayaking-specific filters. Filtered for grade A, B, or C water quality, public access, and ideal paddling size (30-3,000 acres).

Within reasonable driving distance of Park Rapids sit 30 graded lakes — a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend. The average grade across the nearby set is A.

Filtered for kayaking, the nearby-lake list narrows further. kayaking-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	Fish Hook Lake	Hubbard	A	2.3 mi	10.2 ft	76 ft
2	Long Lake	Hubbard	A	3.4 mi	11.2 ft	135 ft
3	Moran Lake	Hubbard	A	4.9 mi	11.8 ft	32 ft
4	Potato Lake	Hubbard	A	5.6 mi	11.5 ft	87 ft
5	Hinds Lake	Hubbard	A	6 mi	13.5 ft	36 ft
6	Boulder Lake	Hubbard	A	6.6 mi	10.8 ft	28 ft
7	Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	A	6.9 mi	23 ft	135 ft
8	Blue Lake	Hubbard	A	7 mi	17.3 ft	84 ft
9	Big Stony Lake	Hubbard	A	7.2 mi	9.8 ft	24 ft
10	Belle Taine Lake	Hubbard	A	7.4 mi	22.8 ft	56 ft
11	Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	A	7.5 mi	20 ft	80 ft
12	Eagle Lake	Hubbard	A	7.7 mi	11.2 ft	77 ft
13	Emma Lake	Hubbard	A	8.5 mi	18.5 ft	50 ft
14	Pickerel Lake	Hubbard	A	8.6 mi	11.1 ft	26 ft
15	Island Lake	Hubbard	A	9.1 mi	10.5 ft	65 ft
16	Shallow Lake	Hubbard	A	9.4 mi	8.2 ft	10 ft
17	Deer Lake	Hubbard	A	9.8 mi	12.8 ft	9 ft
18	Fourth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	A	9.8 mi	8 ft	10 ft
19	Upper Bottle Lake	Hubbard	A	10.2 mi	16 ft	55 ft
20	Two Inlets Lake	Becker	A	10.2 mi	9 ft	60 ft
21	Dead Lake	Hubbard	A	10.3 mi	16 ft	34 ft
22	Island Lake	Hubbard	A	10.6 mi	16.4 ft	32 ft
23	Duck Lake	Hubbard	A	10.7 mi	10.2 ft	23 ft
24	Palmer Lake	Hubbard	A	10.7 mi	9.5 ft	21 ft
25	Hungry Man Lake	Becker	A	11.4 mi	14.4 ft	21 ft
26	Skunk Lake	Hubbard	A	11.6 mi	16.5 ft	55 ft
27	Spider (Ne Lake	Hubbard	A	11.6 mi	17.1 ft	96 ft
28	Spirit Lake	Wadena	A	12 mi	15.4 ft	45 ft
29	Ninth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	A	13.9 mi	10.2 ft	65 ft
30	Boot Lake	Becker	A	14.3 mi	19.5 ft	109 ft

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