---
type: lake
name: "Hammal Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Aitkin"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 376
max_depth_ft: 44
latitude: 46.48356
longitude: -93.74432
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "01016100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hammal-lake
---

# Hammal Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Aitkin

- **Surface Area**: 376 acres
- **Max Depth**: 44 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Hammal Lake is a 376-acre lake near Aitkin in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 44 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 4.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.1 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 13 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**: 14
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2017-03-30
- **Latest**: 2022-05-04

## Nearby Lakes

- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blue-lake) - 1.3 miles, 54 acres
- [Hanging Kettle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hanging-kettle-lake) - 2.1 miles, 318 acres
- [Little Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/little-pine-lake) - 2.8 miles, 226 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cedar-lake) - 2.9 miles, 1,726 acres
- [Hickory Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hickory-lake) - 3.1 miles, 212 acres
- [Thornton Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/thornton-lake) - 3.2 miles, 161 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.48356,-93.74432)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01016100)
- [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/hammal-lake)*