---
type: lake
name: "Wakefield Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Jacobson"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 164
max_depth_ft: 69
latitude: 46.84847
longitude: -93.23572
lake_score: 32
dnr_lake_id: "01003600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wakefield-lake
---

# Wakefield Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Jacobson

- **Surface Area**: 164 acres
- **Max Depth**: 69 ft
- **Average Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 32/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Wakefield Lake is a 164-acre lake near Jacobson in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 69 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 13 feet, and has roughly 3.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Nearby Lakes

- [Cutaway Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/cutaway-lake) - 1.6 miles, 113 acres
- [Remote Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/remote-lake) - 2.1 miles, 134 acres
- [Savanna Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/savanna-lake) - 2.5 miles, 101 acres
- [Wolf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/wolf-lake) - 3.4 miles, 173 acres
- [Aitkin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/aitkin-lake) - 4 miles, 659 acres
- [Glacier Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/glacier-lake) - 4 miles, 135 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.84847,-93.23572)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01003600)
- [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/wakefield-lake)*