---
type: lake
name: "Blackface Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Ball Bluff"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 192
max_depth_ft: 18
latitude: 46.92868
longitude: -93.24687
lake_score: 35
dnr_lake_id: "01004500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blackface-lake
---

# Blackface Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Ball Bluff

- **Surface Area**: 192 acres
- **Max Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 35/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Blackface Lake is a 192-acre lake near Ball Bluff in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 18 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.5 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1986.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 19, based on 20 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1986
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 19
- **Years of record**: 20
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-21
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Ball Bluff Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/ball-bluff-lake) - 1.6 miles, 169 acres
- [Hay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hay-lake) - 2.4 miles, 129 acres
- [Vanduse Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/vanduse-lake) - 3.2 miles, 240 acres
- [Cutaway Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cutaway-lake) - 5 miles, 113 acres
- [Wakefield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wakefield-lake) - 5.6 miles, 164 acres
- [Savanna Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/savanna-lake) - 6.3 miles, 101 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.92868,-93.24687)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01004500)
- [All lakes in Aitkin County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blackface-lake)*