---
type: lake
name: "Cedar Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "McGrath"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 249
max_depth_ft: 18
latitude: 46.22042
longitude: -93.40386
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "01006500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cedar-lake-mcgrath
---

# Cedar Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near McGrath

- **Surface Area**: 249 acres
- **Max Depth**: 18 ft
- **Average Depth**: 8 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.7 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Cedar Lake is a 249-acre lake near McGrath in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 18 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 8 feet, and has roughly 3.7 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2001.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2001
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Bowfin, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/bear-lake) - 2.3 miles, 124 acres
- [Mille Lacs Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mille-lacs-county/mille-lacs-lake) - 11.5 miles, 128,250 acres
- [Five Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kanabec-county/five-lake) - 13.7 miles, 44 acres
- [Sugar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sugar-lake) - 13.9 miles, 416 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake) - 15.2 miles, 574 acres
- [Swamp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/swamp-lake) - 15.5 miles, 272 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.22042,-93.40386)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01006500)
- [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/cedar-lake-mcgrath)*