Park Rapids Area, 182 Lakes | Water Quality & Fishing

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated Aug 2, 2026

182

Lakes

134

With Fish Data

Lake	County	Clarity	Depth	Fish
Bad Medicine Lake	Becker	25 ft	84 ft	13
Mud Lake	Becker	12.5 ft	34 ft	16
Big Sugar Bush Lake	Becker	16.5 ft	42 ft	13
Round Lake	Becker	10 ft	69 ft	18
Long Lake	Becker	19.5 ft	61 ft	16
Long Lake	Hubbard	11.2 ft	135 ft	14
Dead Lake	Hubbard	16 ft	34 ft	9
Shallow Lake	Hubbard	8.2 ft	10 ft	13
Detroit Lake	Becker	14 ft	89 ft	19
Sallie Lake	Becker	13 ft	50 ft	16
Deer Lake	Hubbard	12.8 ft	9 ft	8
Blue Lake	Hubbard	17.3 ft	84 ft	13
Eagle Lake	Hubbard	11.2 ft	77 ft	16
Mantrap Lake	Hubbard	12 ft	-	0
Ida Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	20 ft	14
Benedict Lake	Hubbard	11.5 ft	91 ft	16
Shell Lake	Becker	7.3 ft	16 ft	14
Mow Lake	Hubbard	14.5 ft	34 ft	11
Little Toad Lake	Becker	15 ft	65 ft	15
Bass Lake	Becker	12.8 ft	48 ft	13
Island Lake	Becker	15 ft	38 ft	15
Island Lake	Hubbard	10.5 ft	65 ft	16
Island Lake	Hubbard	16.4 ft	32 ft	13
Crooked Lake	Hubbard	19 ft	-	0
Turtle Lake	Becker	23 ft	73 ft	13
Lower Bottle Lake	Hubbard	15 ft	110 ft	13
Pickerel Lake	Becker	18 ft	74 ft	14
Pickerel Lake	Hubbard	11.1 ft	26 ft	11
Strawberry Lake	Becker	17.5 ft	40 ft	16
George Lake	Hubbard	12.6 ft	29 ft	13
Middle Cormorant Lake	Becker	15.1 ft	40 ft	13
Upper Bottle Lake	Hubbard	16 ft	55 ft	14
Little Mantrap Lake	Hubbard	17 ft	54 ft	13
Two Inlets Lake	Becker	9 ft	60 ft	15
Mill Lake	Becker	8.5 ft	10 ft	14
Little Bass Lake	Becker	7.9 ft	-	0
Elbow Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	76 ft	17
Floyd Lake	Becker	13.1 ft	34 ft	16
Glawe Lake	Becker	10.8 ft	24 ft	0
Emma Lake	Hubbard	18.5 ft	50 ft	11
Alice Lake	Hubbard	7.2 ft	21 ft	11
Potato Lake	Hubbard	11.5 ft	87 ft	15
Melissa Lake	Becker	13.1 ft	37 ft	16
Ninth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	10.2 ft	65 ft	15
Plantagenet Lake	Hubbard	7 ft	65 ft	20
Skunk Lake	Hubbard	16.5 ft	55 ft	9
Pine Lake	Becker	8.9 ft	-	0
Spider (Ne Lake	Hubbard	17.1 ft	96 ft	13
Duck Lake	Hubbard	10.2 ft	23 ft	11
Gilmore Lake	Hubbard	20.3 ft	54 ft	11
Midge Lake	Hubbard	18 ft	24 ft	11
Big Cormorant Lake	Becker	24.8 ft	75 ft	16
Ham Lake	Hubbard	9.7 ft	22 ft	11
Maud Lake	Becker	17 ft	32 ft	15
Boot Lake	Becker	19.5 ft	109 ft	14
Net Lake	Becker	6.4 ft	47 ft	10
Stocking Lake	Hubbard	11.5 ft	25 ft	0
Big Sand Lake	Hubbard	23 ft	135 ft	16
Little Sand Lake	Hubbard	20 ft	80 ft	17
Fox Lake	Becker	14 ft	24 ft	13
Loon Lake	Becker	7.4 ft	-	0
Big Bass Lake	Hubbard	19.4 ft	60 ft	12
Garfield Lake	Hubbard	9.5 ft	32 ft	12
Hattie Lake	Hubbard	12.5 ft	39 ft	15
Juggler Lake	Becker	18 ft	78 ft	11
Bad Axe Lake	Hubbard	15.1 ft	39 ft	13
White Earth Lake	Becker	15 ft	120 ft	17
Moran Lake	Hubbard	11.8 ft	32 ft	6
Johnson Lake	Becker	9.5 ft	-	0
Johnson Lake	Becker	9.3 ft	30 ft	0
Spirit Lake	Wadena	15.4 ft	45 ft	8
Little Floyd Lake	Becker	11 ft	34 ft	16
Kabekona Lake	Hubbard	12.1 ft	133 ft	20
Eunice Lake	Becker	13.5 ft	30 ft	17
Meadow Lake	Becker	14 ft	72 ft	11
Nelson Lake	Hubbard	14.5 ft	19.5 ft	6
Hungry Man Lake	Becker	14.4 ft	21 ft	0
Hinds Lake	Hubbard	13.5 ft	36 ft	16
Fish Hook Lake	Hubbard	10.2 ft	76 ft	14
Fish Hook Lake	Becker	9.5 ft	47 ft	10
Fourth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	8 ft	10 ft	16
Palmer Lake	Hubbard	9.5 ft	21 ft	10
Boulder Lake	Hubbard	10.8 ft	28 ft	14
Belle Taine Lake	Hubbard	22.8 ft	56 ft	14
Big Basswood Lake	Becker	3.1 ft	-	0
Tamarac Lake	Becker	6.9 ft	34 ft	16
Tenth Crow Wing Lake	Hubbard	10.5 ft	40 ft	14
Cottage Lake	Becker	12 ft	-	0
Pearl Lake	Becker	10 ft	54 ft	11
Big Stony Lake	Hubbard	9.8 ft	24 ft	11
Big Rush Lake	Becker	6 ft	-	0
Sands Lake	Becker	11.5 ft	-	0
Carman Lake	Becker	7.9 ft	-	0
Halverson Lake	Hubbard	8.9 ft	32 ft	6
Twenty-One Lake	Hubbard	17 ft	51.5 ft	6
Lind Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	-	0
Ice Cracking Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	73 ft	15
Gillett Lake	Hubbard	19 ft	49 ft	7
Mccarty Lake	Hubbard	9 ft	-	0
Little Bemidji Lake	Becker	12.1 ft	58 ft	16

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Ways to pick a Park Rapids Area lake

Cleanest water

Bad Medicine Lake — 25 ft clarity
Mud Lake — 12.5 ft clarity
Big Sugar Bush Lake — 16.5 ft clarity
Round Lake — 10 ft clarity

Deepest lakes

Lasalle Lake — 213 ft
Long Lake — 135 ft
Big Sand Lake — 135 ft
Kabekona Lake — 133 ft

Documented game fish

Bad Medicine Lake — 13 species
Mud Lake — 16 species
Big Sugar Bush Lake — 13 species
Round Lake — 18 species

Cleanest Lakes in Park Rapids Area

Bad Medicine Lake

Becker County · 25 ft clarity

Mud Lake

Becker County · 12.5 ft clarity

Big Sugar Bush Lake

Becker County · 16.5 ft clarity

Round Lake

Becker County · 10 ft clarity

Long Lake

Becker County · 19.5 ft clarity

Long Lake

Hubbard County · 11.2 ft clarity

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Park Rapids Area area has 182 lakes with water-quality records from state and federal monitoring. 179 of them have a clarity reading and 134 have documented fish species.

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The lakes with the lowest nutrient and algae readings lead the table above. Each lake page shows its own phosphorus, chlorophyll-a and clarity readings beside the EPA condition class; none of it is a same-day swim clearance.

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.