Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Minnesota by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 116 articles we have published for Minnesota lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Minnesota > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Minnesota, only the 116 Minnesota lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Detroit Lake MN (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
89 ft | Minnesota’s Detroit Lake offers visitors an impressive number of things to do, both in and out of the water. The lake offers 3,067 acres of year-round … |
Big Sandy Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
84 ft | Big Sandy Lake is located in Minnesota’s northeast Aitkin County, home to over one million acres of hardwood forest and 365 lakes. With the majority o … |
Cross Lake MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
84 ft | Also known as Whitefish Chain of Lakes Cross Lake is one of 14 lakes in the Whitefish Chain of Lakes, which is the largest chain in the Brained area of Minnesota. Nestled in central Minneso … |
White Bear Lake (Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Region, MN, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
83 ft | White Bear Lake is both a lake and a lakefront community in Ramsey County, Minnesota which attracts year round visitors from across the country. Just … |
Big Birch Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
81 ft | Big Birch Lake lies at the heart of Minnesota. With sparkling water spread across Todd and Stearns County lines, Big Birch Lake is at the geographic c … |
Woman Lake Chain (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
81 ft | Also known as Child Lake, Girl Lake, Little Woman Lake, Woman Lake, Squaw Lake The Woman Lake Chain in northwest Minnesota includes four lakes and covers 5,502 acres. Sprawling across Cass County slightly south of the Chippewa Na … |
Kabetogama Lake, MN (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
80 ft | Also known as Lake Kabetogama Located just a few miles from the Canadian border in St. Louis County, Minnesota’s Kabetogama Lake is every bit as unique as its name implies. This fr … |
Gull Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
80 ft | Also known as Brainerd Lakes Gull Lake, located in the Central Region of Minnesota’s “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, boasts 9,418 surface acres and 38 miles of pristine shoreline. The dee … |
Crane Lake MN (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
80 ft | Tucked into the vast and remote wilderness of northeastern Minnesota, Crane Lake is a picture of beauty seemingly taken before the rise of civilizatio … |
Horseshoe Chain of Lakes (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
79 ft | Also known as Horseshoe Chain, Sauk River Chain of Lakes The Horseshoe Chain of Lakes in Central Minnesota has been a well-loved vacation destination for many years. The chain of over a dozen lakes along the … |
Big Pine Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
78 ft | Snowmobiles race through the snow-covered countryside of central Minnesota, darting between Big Pine Lake and the area’s other lakes. With the ice hut … |
Cut Foot Sioux Lakes (Minnesota, Northeast Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
78 ft | Also known as Big Cut Foot Sioux Lake, Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake Few people have heard of the Northeast Minnesota destination of Cut Foot Sioux Lakes. Connected to neighboring Lake Winnibigoshish, the Cut Foot Sioux … |