Minnesota Lakes with a Fishing Pier
21 Minnesota lakes with a fishing pier mapped on the water — the best bet for shore anglers and wheelchair users.
Fishing piers put shore anglers over deeper water, and most public piers in Minnesota are built to be wheelchair accessible. Piers here are mapped in OpenStreetMap, which does not cover every pier in the state; the DNR publishes a full list of its fishing piers and shore-fishing sites.
1.Lake of the Woods
84 out of 100 Lake ScoreLake of the Woods · Long Point725,583 acres
2.Rainy Lake
89 out of 100 Lake ScoreSt. Louis · International Falls210,200 acres
3.Lake Minnetonka
85 out of 100 Lake ScoreHennepin · Mound14,206 acres
4.Big Stone Lake
77 out of 100 Lake ScoreBig Stone · Ortonville11,984 acres
5.Lake Bemidji
82 out of 100 Lake ScoreBeltrami · Lavinia (Beltrami)6,596 acres
6.Lake Byllesby
75 out of 100 Lake ScoreDakota · Cannon Falls1,368 acres
7.Lake Irving
66 out of 100 Lake ScoreBeltrami · Bemidji662 acres
8.Lake Winona
66 out of 100 Lake ScoreWinona · Winona308 acres
9.Lake Elmo
78 out of 100 Lake ScoreWashington · Lake Elmo257 acres
10.Artichoke Lake
58 out of 100 Lake ScoreBig Stone · Correll1,971 acres
11.Maple Lake
67 out of 100 Lake ScorePolk · Mentor1,641 acres
12.Lura Lake
63 out of 100 Lake ScoreBlue Earth · Mapleton1,359 acres
13.Sea Gull Lake
80 out of 100 Lake ScoreCook · Grand Marais3,958 acres
14.Lake Nokomis
67 out of 100 Lake ScoreHennepin · Minneapolis201 acres
15.Bryant Lake
65 out of 100 Lake ScoreHennepin · Eden Prairie180 acres
16.Weaver Lake
69 out of 100 Lake ScoreHennepin · Maple Grove152 acres
17.Crooked Lake
66 out of 100 Lake ScoreAnoka · Andover115 acres
18.Beaver Lake
64 out of 100 Lake ScoreSteele · Ellendale98 acres
19.Golden Lake
63 out of 100 Lake ScoreAnoka · Circle Pines58 acres
20.Snelling Lake
57 out of 100 Lake ScoreHennepin · Saint Paul103 acres
21.White Pine Lake
60 out of 100 Lake ScoreCook · Lutsen346 acres