Long Lake (Oconto County)
Waterbody ID (WBIC): 423600 — permanent page /lakes/423600/.
Long Lake is in Oconto County; records show 18 acres.
- Size
- 18 acres
- Lake type
- SEEPAGE
- Max depth
- 6 ft
- Satellite clarity estimate 6 ft (2004)
Plan your visit
- Lake directory: public landing — No
- Lake directory: public beach — No
- Lake directory: public park — Yes
Each statement is bounded to its named source; absence of a record is never evidence of no access. The DNR access database may lag reality; posted signs at the landing are authoritative.
Verify at the DNR public boat access program page.
Nearby facilities
- BASS LAKE SWIM SITE — Swimming site; ≈1 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
- BOOT LAKE — Campground; ≈1.7 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged. Official USFS page
- FANNY LAKE TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈2.6 km from the lake shoreline (straight line); fee charged.
- CATHEDRAL PINES TRAILHEAD — Trailhead; ≈4.8 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- ROSE LAKE BL — Boating site; ≈8 km from the lake shoreline (straight line).
- 11 more inventoried sites within 15 km.
USFS Chequamegon-Nicolet constructed recreation sites only; straight-line distance is geographic context, not a travel route.
Fishing
No fish species/abundance table is published for this lake. Missing records mean unpublished, never zero fish.
No fisheries survey population estimate is published for this lake in the covered report families.
Fishing limits — 2026-2027 season: 19 normalized rows across 19 species entries. Normalized from the DNR ruleset retrieved 2026-08-04. Source text remains authoritative.
2026-2027 retained fishing rules: 19 published rows for 19 species; effective through 2027-03-07. Check current DNR rules.
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Water and setting
- Satellite clarity estimate: 6 ft (2004) — a remote-sensing estimate, kept separate from field measurements
No official DNR depth map is published for this lake.
Not published in the lake directory: official mean depth.
No public aquatic invasive species occurrence record was found for this lake. The DNR inventory is non-exhaustive; absence of a record is never evidence of absence.
- Public-land proximity (GIS proxy, not access evidence): mapped public land within 1,000 ft; nearest: Nicolet National Forest (USDA FOREST SERVICE); ≈0% of shoreline buffer
- Shoreline development (landcover proxy, 2025 source): ≈8.9% developed land within 300 m, ≈1.1% impervious
- Road proximity (TIGER proxy, 2025 source): nearest local road or city street ≈151 m; ≈2.7 km of road per km² within 1 km
- Priority Navigable Waterway — basis: lake under 50 acres
Designations are legally defined DNR records shown as their sources state them; no composite rating is implied.
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Data & sources
Published data families
- Fishing regulations (normalized snapshot)
- Directory access facts (landing, beach, park)
- Satellite water clarity estimate
Original records: Wisconsin DNR lake page.
Missing values are unpublished, never zero; each fact above is bounded to its named source and date. Full sourcing detail: Data & methods.