---
type: lake
name: "Jenkins Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Palisade"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 114
max_depth_ft: 38
latitude: 46.65007
longitude: -93.48058
lake_score: 46
dnr_lake_id: "01010000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/jenkins-lake
---

# Jenkins Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Palisade

- **Surface Area**: 114 acres
- **Max Depth**: 38 ft
- **Average Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 46/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Jenkins Lake is an 114-acre lake near Palisade in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 38 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 18 feet, and has roughly 2.5 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 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 2004.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2004
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Nearby Lakes

- [Wilkins Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wilkins-lake) - 1.1 miles, 349 acres
- [Fleming Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/fleming-lake) - 1.6 miles, 319 acres
- [Gun Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/gun-lake) - 2.1 miles, 712 acres
- [French Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/french-lake) - 3.6 miles, 149 acres
- [Turner Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/turner-lake) - 4.5 miles, 63 acres
- [Rock Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rock-lake) - 4.6 miles, 341 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.65007,-93.48058)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01010000)
- [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/jenkins-lake)*