---
type: lake
name: "Little Wabana Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Grand Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 116
max_depth_ft: 57
latitude: 47.40042
longitude: -93.49153
lake_score: 24
dnr_lake_id: "31039900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-wabana-lake
---

# Little Wabana Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Grand Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 116 acres
- **Max Depth**: 57 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 24/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Wabana Lake is an 116-acre lake near Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 57 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 6 fish species here, including largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2005.

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. Ice typically goes out around April 23, based on 8 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**: 6
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2005
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 23
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-09
- **Latest**: 2021-12-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clearwater-lake-taconite) - 1 miles, 76 acres
- [Wabana Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wabana-lake) - 2.3 miles, 2,221 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/island-lake-canisteo) - 2.7 miles, 67 acres
- [Murphy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/murphy-lake) - 3 miles, 139 acres
- [Bluewater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bluewater-lake) - 3.2 miles, 364 acres
- [O'Reilly Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/o-reilly-lake) - 3.9 miles, 189 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.40042,-93.49153)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31039900)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

---
*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-wabana-lake)*