---
type: lake
name: "Napoleon Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Togo"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 138
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 47.69597
longitude: -93.37091
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "31029000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/napoleon-lake
---

# Napoleon Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Togo

- **Surface Area**: 138 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Napoleon Lake is a 138-acre lake near Togo in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.5 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 8 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2009.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 26, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 8
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2009
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 26
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2026-04-24
- **Latest**: 2022-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Owen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/owen-lake) - 1.3 miles, 268 acres
- [Raddison Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/raddison-lake) - 1.6 miles, 204 acres
- [Lost Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lost-lake) - 1.6 miles, 89 acres
- [Walters Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/walters-lake) - 2 miles, 127 acres
- [Otter Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/otter-lake) - 2.7 miles, 117 acres
- [Wilson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wilson-lake) - 3.1 miles, 92 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.69597,-93.37091)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31029000)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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