What is the best boating lake near Rhinelander?

Bass Lake in Oneida County is the top-ranked boating lake near Rhinelander on measured water quality (1.9 miles away).

How many lakes are near Rhinelander for boating?

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

Best Lakes for Boating Near Rhinelander, WI

30 boating lakes within driving distance of Rhinelander, 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.

Within reasonable driving distance of Rhinelander sit 30 measured lakes, a lake-dense area that gives residents real choice on any given weekend.

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	Bass Lake	Oneida	1.9 mi	6 ft	20 ft
2	Lake Julia	Oneida	1.9 mi	9.9 ft	19 ft
3	Lake Thompson	Oneida	4 mi	4 ft	30 ft
4	George Lake	Oneida	4.3 mi	5 ft	26 ft
5	Flannery Lake	Oneida	4.6 mi	14.5 ft	35 ft
6	Mildred Lake	Oneida	6.1 mi	18 ft	45 ft
7	Squash Lake	Oneida	7.5 mi	17.5 ft	74 ft
8	Tom Doyle Lake	Oneida	9.7 mi	7 ft	30 ft
9	Alva Lake	Oneida	10 mi	19.5 ft	43 ft
10	Oneida Lake	Oneida	10.5 mi	5.5 ft	34 ft
11	Stella Lake	Oneida	12 mi	8 ft	22 ft
12	Manson Lake	Oneida	12.1 mi	12 ft	54 ft
13	Oscar Jenny Lake	Oneida	12.4 mi	8.9 ft	24 ft
14	Indian Lake	Oneida	13.3 mi	11 ft	26 ft
15	Spur Lake	Oneida	13.7 mi	2 ft	3 ft
16	Little Bearskin Lake	Oneida	14.4 mi	8.3 ft	27 ft
17	Bearskin Lake	Oneida	14.6 mi	6 ft	26 ft
18	Long Lake	Lincoln	14.7 mi	14.5 ft	64 ft
19	Seven Island Lake	Lincoln	14.7 mi	14 ft	31 ft
20	Bass Lake	Lincoln	14.8 mi	12.5 ft	40 ft
21	Hasbrook Lake	Oneida	16.1 mi	21 ft	50 ft
22	Clear Lake	Lincoln	16.6 mi	18 ft	45 ft
23	Maple Lake	Oneida	16.7 mi	12.5 ft	15 ft
24	Halfmoon Lake	Lincoln	17.2 mi	7.1 ft	14 ft
25	Spirit Lake	Oneida	17.6 mi	12 ft	39 ft
26	Clearwater Lake	Oneida	17.9 mi	16.8 ft	48 ft
27	Clear Lake	Oneida	18.7 mi	-	95 ft
28	Virgin Lake	Oneida	18.7 mi	6.6 ft	31 ft
29	Island Lake	Oneida	18.9 mi	7 ft	26 ft
30	Whitefish Lake	Oneida	19 mi	8.8 ft	33 ft

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.