---
type: lake
name: "Heikkilla Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Embarrass"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 130
max_depth_ft: 7
latitude: 47.65213
longitude: -92.17162
lake_score: 13
dnr_lake_id: "69025300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/heikkilla-lake
---

# Heikkilla Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Embarrass

- **Surface Area**: 130 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 13/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Heikkilla Lake is a 130-acre lake near Embarrass in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.5 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 6 fish species here, including northern pike, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2019.

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 21, based on 6 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**: 2019
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 21
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-05
- **Latest**: 2014-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sabin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/sabin-lake) - 7.4 miles, 312 acres
- [Putnam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/putnam-lake) - 7.9 miles, 141 acres
- [Wynne Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/wynne-lake) - 8.3 miles, 279 acres
- [Colby Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/colby-lake) - 8.5 miles, 518 acres
- [St James Pit](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/st-james-pit) - 8.6 miles, 124 acres
- [Joseph Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/joseph-lake) - 9.3 miles, 76 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.65213,-92.17162)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69025300)
- [All lakes in St. Louis County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county)

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