Best Lake in Every County

The highest-graded lake in each of 144 counties across Minnesota and Wisconsin. If you only visit one lake in a county, make it this one.

County	State	Best Lake	Grade	Clarity	Depth	County Lakes
Menominee	WI	Legend Lake	A	32.8 ft	—	5
Kewaunee	WI	Krohns Lake	A	26.2 ft	38 ft	4
Vernon	WI	Sidie Hollow Lake	A	29.5 ft	22 ft	1
Outagamie	WI	Oneida Lake	A	—	—	1
Florence	WI	Bass Lake	A	39.4 ft	—	39
Marinette	WI	Bass Lake	A	36.9 ft	65 ft	22
Waushara	WI	Long Lake	A	45.9 ft	71 ft	30
Waupaca	WI	Long Lake	A	44.3 ft	76 ft	27
Iron	WI	Long Lake	A	18 ft	34 ft	34
Washburn	WI	Long Lake	A	29.5 ft	—	48
Bayfield	WI	Long Lake	A	52.5 ft	28 ft	55
Vilas	WI	Sunset Lake	A	56.5 ft	30 ft	202
Ashland	WI	Lake Galilee	A	27.9 ft	23 ft	10
Oconto	WI	Long Lake	A	47.6 ft	—	66
Forest	WI	Silver Lake	A	42.7 ft	—	35
Langlade	WI	Horseshoe Lake	A	26.2 ft	29 ft	32
Burnett	WI	Long Lake	A	68.9 ft	41 ft	70
Portage	WI	Sunset Lake	A	41 ft	55 ft	29
Washington	WI	Green Lake	A	31.2 ft	37 ft	15
Kenosha	WI	Silver Lake	A	25.5 ft	44 ft	13
Adams	WI	Parker Lake	A	55.8 ft	36 ft	20
Jackson	WI	Robinson Pond	A	18.9 ft	—	4
Sawyer	WI	Lac Courte Oreilles Lake	A	38.7 ft	90 ft	52
Waukesha	WI	Spring Lake	A	—	22 ft	48
Oneida	WI	Long Lake	A	41 ft	58 ft	140
Lincoln	WI	Long Lake	A	47.7 ft	64 ft	21
Hubbard	MN	Dead Lake	A	16 ft	34 ft	77
Cass	MN	Deep Portage Lake	A	15.4 ft	105 ft	133
Unknown	MN	Birch Lake	A	15 ft	34 ft	6
Sheboygan	WI	Little Elkhart Lake	A	32.8 ft	25 ft	6
Marquette	WI	Wood Lake	A	45.9 ft	53 ft	14
Shawano	WI	Round Lake	A	29.5 ft	39 ft	27
Rusk	WI	Sand Lake	A	43.5 ft	100 ft	13
Chippewa	WI	Long Lake	A	32.8 ft	101 ft	16
Crow Wing	MN	East Fox Lake	A	16.1 ft	65 ft	120
Brown	WI	Lily Lake	A	33.1 ft	19 ft	3
Clearwater	MN	Long Lake	A	20 ft	80 ft	40
Door	WI	Clark Lake	A	41 ft	25 ft	11
Beltrami	MN	Fullers Lake: East Basin	A	49.2 ft	—	86
Polk	WI	Wind Lake	A	32.8 ft	—	77
Manitowoc	WI	Spring Lake	A	26.2 ft	23 ft	18
Walworth	WI	Geneva Lake	A	19 ft	135 ft	34
Fond du Lac	WI	Long Lake	A	32.8 ft	47 ft	10
Barron	WI	Silver Lake	A	42.7 ft	91 ft	38
Douglas	WI	Leader Lake	A	50.9 ft	56 ft	40
Otter Tail	MN	Pelican Lake	A	16.1 ft	55 ft	97
Price	WI	Bass Lake	A	28.9 ft	46 ft	26
Jefferson	WI	Rock Lake	A	39.4 ft	60 ft	8
Itasca	MN	Little Wabana Lake	A	23.8 ft	57 ft	141
Sauk	WI	Dutch Hollow Lake	A	49.2 ft	38 ft	11
Douglas	MN	Latoka Lake	A	19 ft	108 ft	51
Becker	MN	Bad Medicine Lake	A	25 ft	84 ft	93
Morrison	MN	Cedar Lake	A	16.4 ft	88 ft	16
Rock	WI	Rock River Lake	A	68.9 ft	—	4
Lake	MN	Clearwater Lake	A	18 ft	46 ft	142
Taylor	WI	Richter Lake	A	32.8 ft	50 ft	7
Racine	WI	Browns Lake	A	15.9 ft	44 ft	7
Lafayette	WI	Hidden Valley Lake 1	A	20.5 ft	—	3
Iowa	WI	Black Hawk Lake	A	17.2 ft	42 ft	6
Todd	MN	Mons Lake	A	15.4 ft	80 ft	17
Cook	MN	Clearwater Lake	A	30 ft	65 ft	128
Wood	WI	Nepco Lake	A	36.1 ft	29 ft	4
Milwaukee	WI	Lakeshore State Park-Milwaukee	A	24.6 ft	—	15
St. Louis	MN	Pike Lake	A	18 ft	60 ft	187
St. Croix	WI	Bass Lake	A	31.2 ft	—	7
Aitkin	MN	Round Lake	A	15.3 ft	59 ft	53
Ozaukee	WI	Unnamed Lake	A	—	—	9
Washington	MN	Square Lake	A	17 ft	68 ft	31
Pine	MN	Sturgeon Lake	A	16 ft	40 ft	19
Sherburne	MN	Big Lake	A	17.5 ft	48 ft	24
Green Lake	WI	Big Twin Lake	A	23 ft	—	13
Wadena	MN	Spirit Lake	A	15.4 ft	45 ft	4
Clay	MN	Barnesville Lake	A	—	17 ft	2
Columbia	WI	Swan Lake	A	15.6 ft	82 ft	10
Marathon	WI	Big Bass Lake	A	19.7 ft	13 ft	5
Stearns	MN	Crooked Lake	A	15 ft	35 ft	55
Wright	MN	Birch Lake	A	15 ft	52 ft	64
Ramsey	MN	Grass Lake	A	—	—	49
Scott	MN	Krenz Lake	A	16.2 ft	—	17
Kandiyohi	MN	George Lake	A	15 ft	34 ft	35
Carver	MN	Brickyard Lake	A	15.1 ft	43 ft	40
Dane	WI	Stewart Lake	A	19.7 ft	12 ft	23
Mille Lacs	MN	Ml-Thains Lake	A	16.1 ft	42 ft	11
Carlton	MN	Big Lake	A	11.8 ft	25 ft	33
Isanti	MN	Lower Birch Lake	A	10.8 ft	—	19
Dakota	MN	Holland Lake	A	27.9 ft	55 ft	36
Lake of the Woods	MN	Lake of the Woods	A	15.6 ft	—	11
Mahnomen	MN	Bass Lake	A	13.1 ft	26 ft	16
Richland	WI	Cruson Slough Lake	A	25.1 ft	—	2
Chisago	MN	Stauffer Lake	A	14.1 ft	—	31
Polk	MN	Union Lake	A	14.5 ft	—	20
Pope	MN	Linka Lake	A	10.2 ft	50 ft	25
Anoka	MN	Netta Lake	A	11.3 ft	—	24
Meeker	MN	Minnie-Belle Lake	A	13.5 ft	49 ft	23
Olmsted	MN	Bamber Lake	A	14.1 ft	—	5
Le Sueur	MN	Fish Lake	A	11.8 ft	55 ft	14
Hennepin	MN	Little Long Lake	A	19 ft	45 ft	95
Grant	WI	Jones Slough Lake	B	16.1 ft	—	3
Winnebago	WI	Rush Lake	B	10.7 ft	—	5
Goodhue	MN	North Lake 3	B	—	—	10
Grant	MN	Elk Lake	B	10 ft	29 ft	10
Blue Earth	MN	Unnamed Lake	B	—	—	9
Nicollet	MN	Unnamed Lake	B	5 ft	35 ft	2
Steele	MN	Beaver Lake	B	9.5 ft	27 ft	1
Pierce	WI	Nugget Lake	B	8.2 ft	—	2
Eau Claire	WI	Fairchild Pond	B	10.8 ft	—	3
Dodge	WI	Lake Emily	B	11.5 ft	10 ft	3
Rice	MN	Kelly Lake	B	8.2 ft	—	12
Dunn	WI	Lake Menomin	C	10.7 ft	34 ft	3
Koochiching	MN	Rainy Lake	C	7.5 ft	161 ft	7
Kanabec	MN	Devil'S Lake	C	7.3 ft	19 ft	7
Lincoln	MN	Perch Lake	C	9.3 ft	16.2 ft	5
Brown	MN	Unnamed Lake	C	0.3 ft	—	7
Juneau	WI	Petenwell Flowage Lake	C	7.8 ft	44 ft	2
Jackson	MN	Fish Lake	C	4.5 ft	—	7
Winona	MN	Winona Lake	D	2.6 ft	38 ft	1
Wabasha	MN	Halfmoon Lake	D	5.1 ft	—	2
Green	WI	Beckman Lake	D	6.6 ft	—	1
Clark	WI	Unnamed Lake	D	4.3 ft	—	4
Calumet	WI	Chilton Millpond	D	9.5 ft	7 ft	2
Swift	MN	Camp Lake	D	5.7 ft	26 ft	3
Yellow Medicine	MN	Curtis Lake	D	4 ft	8 ft	5
Watonwan	MN	St. James Lake	D	3 ft	15.4 ft	5
McLeod	MN	Marion Lake	D	—	15.2 ft	5
Houston	MN	Target Lake	D	5.1 ft	—	2
Murray	MN	Sarah Lake	D	3.4 ft	10 ft	2
Big Stone	MN	Unnamed Lake	D	6.9 ft	—	9
Cottonwood	MN	Bingham Lake	D	4 ft	10 ft	6
Waseca	MN	Reeds Lake	D	6 ft	58 ft	6
Freeborn	MN	State Line Lake	D	5.2 ft	—	4
Stevens	MN	Hattie Lake	D	3.5 ft	9 ft	6
Monroe	WI	Lake Tomah	D	4.9 ft	19 ft	1
Crawford	WI	Unnamed Lake	D	4.1 ft	—	1
Renville	MN	Preston Lake	F	5 ft	11 ft	2
Martin	MN	Budd Lake	F	2.6 ft	23 ft	7
Benton	MN	Unnamed Lake	F	1.5 ft	—	2
Lyon	MN	Island Lake	F	2 ft	8 ft	5
Redwood	MN	Laura Lake	F	2 ft	21 ft	2
Pepin	MN	Pepin Lake	F	3 ft	60 ft	1
Nobles	MN	Indian Lake	F	2.5 ft	6 ft	4
Chippewa	MN	Shakopee Lake	F	1 ft	—	1
Pipestone	MN	Split Rock Reservoir	F	1.3 ft	16 ft	1
La Crosse	WI	Neshonoc Lake	F	1.3 ft	—	1
Pepin	WI	Pepin Lake	F	1.6 ft	60 ft	1

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