---
type: lake
name: "Cedar Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Aitkin"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1726
max_depth_ft: 105
latitude: 46.49952
longitude: -93.80013
lake_score: 67
dnr_lake_id: "01020900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cedar-lake
---

# Cedar Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Aitkin

- **Surface Area**: 1,726 acres
- **Max Depth**: 105 ft
- **Average Depth**: 28 ft
- **Shoreline**: 27.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 67/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Cedar Lake is a 1,726-acre lake near Aitkin in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 105 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 28 feet, and has roughly 27.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.9 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 22 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and black crappie. 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 12 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 22
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Burbot, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-18
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blue-lake) - 2.4 miles, 54 acres
- [Hammal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hammal-lake) - 2.9 miles, 376 acres
- [Thornton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/thornton-lake) - 3.1 miles, 161 acres
- [Townline Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/townline-lake) - 3.2 miles, 114 acres
- [Black Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/black-lake) - 4.2 miles, 106 acres
- [Sunset Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sunset-lake) - 4.4 miles, 221 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.49952,-93.80013)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01020900)
- [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)*