---
type: lake
name: "Wampus Lake"
county: "Lake"
nearest_town: "Isabella"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 139
max_depth_ft: 6
latitude: 47.64477
longitude: -91.61827
lake_score: 8
dnr_lake_id: "38068500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/wampus-lake
---

# Wampus Lake

Lake in Lake County, Minnesota, near Isabella

- **Surface Area**: 139 acres
- **Max Depth**: 6 ft
- **Average Depth**: 3 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 8/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Wampus Lake is a 139-acre lake near Isabella in Lake County, Minnesota. It reaches 6 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 3 feet, and has roughly 2.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 1 fish species here. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1961.

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.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 1
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1961
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Stony Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/stony-lake) - 1.3 miles, 249 acres
- [Campers Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/campers-lake) - 1.8 miles, 48 acres
- [East Chub Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/east-chub-lake) - 2.3 miles, 63 acres
- [West Chub Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/west-chub-lake) - 2.4 miles, 115 acres
- [North McDougal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/north-mcdougal-lake) - 3.3 miles, 273 acres
- [Slate Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lake-county/slate-lake) - 3.3 miles, 293 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.64477,-91.61827)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=38068500)
- [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/wampus-lake)*