---
type: lake
name: "Barnum Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Hackensack"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 151
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 46.97999
longitude: -94.32623
lake_score: 28
dnr_lake_id: "11028100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/barnum-lake
---

# Barnum Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Hackensack

- **Surface Area**: 151 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 28/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Barnum Lake is a 151-acre lake near Hackensack in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.5 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 8 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2001.

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. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 31 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 8
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2001
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 31
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-24
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Man Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/man-lake) - 0.9 miles, 491 acres
- [McKeown Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/mckeown-lake) - 1.3 miles, 168 acres
- [Moccasin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/moccasin-lake) - 2 miles, 272 acres
- [Baby Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/baby-lake) - 2.1 miles, 737 acres
- [Woman Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/woman-lake) - 2.4 miles, 5,520 acres
- [Child Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/child-lake) - 2.4 miles, 285 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.97999,-94.32623)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11028100)
- [All lakes in Cass County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county)

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