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Minnesota›Deepest lakes›Carlton County

MN · ranked by public data

The 19 Deepest Lakes in Carlton County, Minnesota

19 Carlton County lakes are at least 50 NHD-mapped acres with a DNR-documented depth, out of 80 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 180 ft
    403 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Hanging Horn Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.48, -92.69403 acres | 80 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    80 ft maximum depth · 403 acres

  2. 270 ft
    111 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Little Hanging Horn Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.48, -92.68111 acres | 70 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    70 ft maximum depth · 111 acres

  3. 367 ft
    127 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Moose Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.43, -92.71127 acres | 67 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    67 ft maximum depth · 127 acres

  4. 453 ft
    68 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Coffee Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.43, -92.7868 acres | 53 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    53 ft maximum depth · 68 acres

  5. 548 ft
    234 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Tamarack Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.66, -92.99234 acres | 48 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    48 ft maximum depth · 234 acres

  6. 647 ft
    104 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Echo Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.43, -92.74104 acres | 47 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    47 ft maximum depth · 104 acres

  7. 735 ft
    379 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Eagle Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.64, -92.92379 acres | 35 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    35 ft maximum depth · 379 acres

  8. 831 ft
    115 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Bear Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.50, -92.68115 acres | 31 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    31 ft maximum depth · 115 acres

  9. 930 ft
    76 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Bob Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.63, -92.6176 acres | 30 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    30 ft maximum depth · 76 acres

  10. 1028 ft
    303 acres

    Carlton County, MN

    Chub Lake

    limitedDepth map
    46.62, -92.46303 acres | 28 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    28 ft maximum depth · 303 acres

RankLakeCountyMax depthAcres
11Big LakeCarlton25 ft515
12Venoah LakeCarlton25 ft99
13Cole LakeCarlton24 ft140
14Cross LakeCarlton23 ft105
15Woodbury LakeCarlton20 ft60
16Moosehead LakeCarlton18 ft280
17Park LakeCarlton16 ft375
18Hay LakeCarlton14 ft227
19Bang LakeCarlton9 ft59

Methodology

How this list is built

  • Ranked by the official maximum depth in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder records; where none is published, the deepest mapped contour from MN DNR survey bathymetry stands in (contours can slightly understate depth, never overstate it).
  • Only lakes with published Minnesota DNR survey bathymetry on LakeList can rank (about 1,500 lakes). Deep border waters without a published DNR depth record — Saganaga Lake among them — are not listed rather than guessed at.
  • Lakes under 50 acres — or without a confidently matched USGS NHD polygon for acreage — are excluded from rankings.
  • Public access inventories are not yet tracked for Minnesota here, so access is never shown or ranked.

FAQ

Carlton County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Carlton County?

Hanging Horn Lake — Hanging Horn Lake in Carlton County has the deepest documented maximum depth of any ranked Carlton County lake, at 80 feet in Minnesota DNR records.

Deepest lakes statewideBiggest lakes in Carlton CountyAll Carlton County lakes

Source data: Minnesota DNR LakeFinder records and MN DNR survey bathymetry, with acreage from USGS National Hydrography Dataset polygons, as aggregated by LakeList.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.