---
type: lake
name: "Divide Lake"
county: "Lake"
nearest_town: "Isabella"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 61
max_depth_ft: 22
latitude: 47.60855
longitude: -91.25375
lake_score: 43
dnr_lake_id: "38025600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/divide-lake
---

# Divide Lake

Lake in Lake County, Minnesota, near Isabella

- **Surface Area**: 61 acres
- **Max Depth**: 22 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Carry-in access only
- **Lake Score**: 43/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Divide Lake is a 61-acre lake near Isabella in Lake County, Minnesota. It reaches 22 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11.9 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 3 fish species here, including rainbow trout and splake. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

Public access is carry-in only — plan on a canoe, kayak or small boat you can hand-launch. Divide Lake Campground is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays.

## 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**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling, Camping

## Amenities

Carry-In Access, Campground

### Campgrounds

- Divide Lake Campground

## Fish Species

Rainbow Trout, Splake, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Dumbbell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/dumbbell-lake) - 1.3 miles, 406 acres
- [Delay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/delay-lake) - 2.6 miles, 102 acres
- [Memegwesi Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/memegwesi-lake) - 3.3 miles, 43 acres
- [Eighteen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/eighteen-lake) - 4.9 miles, 102 acres
- [Balsam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/balsam-lake) - 5.4 miles, 221 acres
- [Hogback Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/hogback-lake) - 5.9 miles, 40 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.60855,-91.25375)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=38025600)
- [All lakes in Lake County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county)

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