---
type: lake
name: "Nord Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Aitkin"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 418
max_depth_ft: 29
latitude: 46.49223
longitude: -93.6521
lake_score: 58
dnr_lake_id: "01011700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/nord-lake
---

# Nord Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Aitkin

- **Surface Area**: 418 acres
- **Max Depth**: 29 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 58/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Nord Lake is a 418-acre lake near Aitkin in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 29 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 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 14, based on 9 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**: 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, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 14
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-06
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Four Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/four-lake) - 1.1 miles, 137 acres
- [Hanson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/hanson-lake) - 1.8 miles, 143 acres
- [Ripple Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/ripple-lake) - 2.2 miles, 630 acres
- [Section Ten Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/section-ten-lake) - 2.4 miles, 436 acres
- [Sissabagamah Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sissabagamah-lake) - 2.4 miles, 406 acres
- [Elm Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/elm-island-lake) - 2.6 miles, 520 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.49223,-93.6521)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01011700)
- [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/nord-lake)*