---
type: lake
name: "Mark Lake"
county: "Cook"
nearest_town: "Grand Marais"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 126
max_depth_ft: 5
latitude: 47.78661
longitude: -90.59919
lake_score: 27
dnr_lake_id: "16025000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/mark-lake
---

# Mark Lake

Lake in Cook County, Minnesota, near Grand Marais

- **Surface Area**: 126 acres
- **Max Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Carry-in access only
- **Lake Score**: 27/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Mark Lake is a 126-acre lake near Grand Marais in Cook County, Minnesota. It reaches 5 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 3 fish species here, including northern pike and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2010.

Public access is carry-in only — plan on a canoe, kayak or small boat you can hand-launch.

## Access

- **Public access**: Carry-in access only
- **Managed by**: US Forest Service
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 3
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2010
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Carry-In Access

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pike Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/pike-lake) - 1.5 miles, 814 acres
- [Deer Yard Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/deer-yard-lake) - 3.8 miles, 343 acres
- [Holly Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/holly-lake) - 4.6 miles, 76 acres
- [Mistletoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/mistletoe-lake) - 4.8 miles, 145 acres
- [Tait Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/tait-lake) - 5 miles, 355 acres
- [Little Cascade Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/little-cascade-lake) - 5.1 miles, 262 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.78661,-90.59919)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=16025000)
- [All lakes in Cook County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county)

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