---
type: lake
name: "Lake Irving"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Bemidji"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 662
max_depth_ft: 19
latitude: 47.46025
longitude: -94.88421
lake_score: 66
dnr_lake_id: "04014000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lake-irving
---

# Lake Irving

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Bemidji

- **Surface Area**: 662 acres
- **Max Depth**: 19 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 66/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Irving is a 662-acre lake near Bemidji in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 19 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 5.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.4 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 20 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the city. OpenStreetMap shows a swim beach on or beside the lake. Silver Maple Campsite is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 21 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: city
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 20
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Swimming, Camping

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Swim Beach, Campground, Fishing Pier

### Campgrounds

- Silver Maple Campsite

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Burbot, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Greater Redhorse, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 21
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-03
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Marquette Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/marquette-lake) - 2.4 miles, 528 acres
- [Lake Bemidji](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lake-bemidji) - 3.4 miles, 6,596 acres
- [Lake Plantagenet](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/lake-plantagenet) - 5.3 miles, 2,531 acres
- [Bootleg Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/bootleg-lake) - 5.8 miles, 332 acres
- [Grant Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/grant-lake) - 6.1 miles, 214 acres
- [Newman Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/newman-lake) - 6.1 miles, 45 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.46025,-94.88421)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04014000)
- [All lakes in Beltrami County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lake-irving)*