---
type: lake
name: "Long Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Glen"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 435
max_depth_ft: 116
latitude: 46.48703
longitude: -93.48976
lake_score: 66
dnr_lake_id: "01008900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/long-lake
---

# Long Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Glen

- **Surface Area**: 435 acres
- **Max Depth**: 116 ft
- **Average Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 66/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Long Lake is a 435-acre lake near Glen in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 116 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 30 feet, and has roughly 5.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11.9 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 10 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**: 16
- **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, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Splake, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 10
- **Earliest**: 2004-03-16
- **Latest**: 2008-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Dam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/dam-lake) - 2 miles, 598 acres
- [Rabbit Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rabbit-lake) - 2.8 miles, 212 acres
- [Swamp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/swamp-lake) - 3.4 miles, 272 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake) - 4.1 miles, 574 acres
- [Section Twelve Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/section-twelve-lake) - 4.5 miles, 170 acres
- [Sugar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sugar-lake) - 5 miles, 416 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.48703,-93.48976)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01008900)
- [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/long-lake)*