---
type: lake
name: "Holy Name Lake"
county: "Hennepin"
nearest_town: "Ditter"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 71
max_depth_ft: 7
latitude: 45.01579
longitude: -93.53208
lake_score: 32
dnr_lake_id: "27015800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/holy-name-lake
---

# Holy Name Lake

Lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota, near Ditter

- **Surface Area**: 71 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 32/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Holy Name Lake is a 71-acre lake near Ditter in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 2 fish species here, including bluegill. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1994.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the city. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: city
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 2
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1994
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Bluegill, Black Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-13
- **Latest**: 2018-04-29

## Nearby Lakes

- [Mooney Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/mooney-lake) - 1.2 miles, 124 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/long-lake) - 2.2 miles, 285 acres
- [Gleason Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/gleason-lake) - 3.1 miles, 135 acres
- [Parkers Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/parkers-lake) - 3.3 miles, 100 acres
- [Spurzem Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/spurzem-lake) - 4.5 miles, 82 acres
- [Medicine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/medicine-lake) - 5.4 miles, 924 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.01579,-93.53208)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27015800)
- [All lakes in Hennepin County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/holy-name-lake)*