---
type: lake
name: "Hattie Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Backus"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 588
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 46.81671
longitude: -94.39258
lake_score: 31
dnr_lake_id: "11023200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/hattie-lake
---

# Hattie Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Backus

- **Surface Area**: 588 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Average Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 8.5 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 31/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Hattie Lake is a 588-acre lake near Backus in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 18 feet, and has roughly 8.5 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2002.

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**: 14
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2002
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Greater Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Brockway Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/brockway-lake) - 2 miles, 180 acres
- [Sylvan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/sylvan-lake-backus) - 2.1 miles, 113 acres
- [Ada Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/ada-lake) - 2.3 miles, 963 acres
- [Big Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/big-portage-lake) - 2.9 miles, 902 acres
- [Sanborn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/sanborn-lake) - 3 miles, 220 acres
- [Lake Lizzie](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lake-lizzie) - 3.2 miles, 414 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.81671,-94.39258)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11023200)
- [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/hattie-lake)*