---
type: lake
name: "Howard Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Akeley"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 386
max_depth_ft: 60
latitude: 46.99488
longitude: -94.6522
lake_score: 34
dnr_lake_id: "11047200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/howard-lake
---

# Howard Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Akeley

- **Surface Area**: 386 acres
- **Max Depth**: 60 ft
- **Shoreline**: 7 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 34/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Howard Lake is a 386-acre lake near Akeley in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 60 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 7 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 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 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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2001
- **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, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/little-bass-lake-akeley) - 1.2 miles, 114 acres
- [Shingobee Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/shingobee-lake) - 1.8 miles, 172 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/bass-lake) - 2.1 miles, 278 acres
- [Big Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-bass-lake) - 3.5 miles, 133 acres
- [Eleventh Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/eleventh-crow-wing-lake) - 3.6 miles, 751 acres
- [Lake Crystal](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/lake-crystal) - 3.8 miles, 190 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.99488,-94.6522)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11047200)
- [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/howard-lake)*