---
type: lake
name: "Swenson Lake"
county: "Beltrami"
nearest_town: "Bemidji"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 412
max_depth_ft: 76
latitude: 47.46784
longitude: -94.68399
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "04008500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/swenson-lake
---

# Swenson Lake

Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, near Bemidji

- **Surface Area**: 412 acres
- **Max Depth**: 76 ft
- **Average Depth**: 31 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Swenson Lake is a 412-acre lake near Bemidji in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It reaches 76 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 31 feet, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 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 1993.

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**: 10
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 1993
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Andrusia Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/andrusia-lake) - 1.6 miles, 1,596 acres
- [Silver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/silver-lake) - 3 miles, 132 acres
- [Wolf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/wolf-lake) - 3.4 miles, 1,076 acres
- [Stump Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/stump-lake) - 3.5 miles, 323 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/big-lake) - 4 miles, 3,598 acres
- [Lost Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/beltrami-county/lost-lake) - 4.6 miles, 130 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.46784,-94.68399)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=04008500)
- [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/swenson-lake)*