---
type: lake
name: "Bad Axe Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Emmaville"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 303
max_depth_ft: 39
latitude: 47.08376
longitude: -94.9509
lake_score: 35
dnr_lake_id: "29020800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/bad-axe-lake
---

# Bad Axe Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Emmaville

- **Surface Area**: 303 acres
- **Max Depth**: 39 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.2 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 35/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Bad Axe Lake is a 303-acre lake near Emmaville in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 39 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 5.2 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2010.

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. Camp Wilderness is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. The lake is listed as infested with Eurasian watermilfoil — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 58 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2010
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Camping

## Amenities

Campground

### Campgrounds

- Camp Wilderness

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 58
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-19
- **Latest**: 2014-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Mantrap Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/mantrap-lake) - 1.7 miles, 1,618 acres
- [Stocking Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/stocking-lake) - 2.5 miles, 102 acres
- [Upper Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/upper-bottle-lake) - 3.1 miles, 459 acres
- [Skunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/skunk-lake) - 3.2 miles, 218 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake) - 3.7 miles, 310 acres
- [Lower Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/lower-bottle-lake) - 3.8 miles, 641 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.08376,-94.9509)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29020800)
- [All lakes in Hubbard County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/bad-axe-lake)*