Longville, Minnesota is another one of the significant northern Minnesota lake vacation towns. Longville sets in close proximity to many beautiful up north lakes including, Leech Lake, Woman Lake, Long Lake, Thunder Lake, Inguadona Lake, Wabedo Lake, Little Boy Lake, Girl Lake and dozens of others.
The Longville Community promotes many summer time events and outdoor activities. Longville is particularly known for its weekly turtle races. Kids of all ages, even adult kids come to downtown Longville each week to race their favorite speedy turtle.
Shopping is excellent in Longville with numerous tourist shops. Longville area vacationers can enjoy a good variety of cafes' and restaurants. Patrick's restaurant/supper club and bar is a local favorite. It overlooks Baby Lake and is within one block of downtown Longville.
Great fishing is a main reason people choose the Longville area to vacation. With dozens of lakes within just a few miles of Longville fishermen can go after most any species. Walleyes, Northerns, Muskies, Bass, Sunfish, Crappies and Perch are all choices to be had in the Longville area.
Woman Lake is a predominant lake that attracts many vacationers to the Longville area. Woman Lake is the largest lake near Longville. It provides lake camping, lake cabins and lake homes for sale or rent to the Longville area vacationers. Also, Thunder Lake is a favorite to the Longville area. Thunder Lake too provides a good amount of lake camping, lake cabins and lake homes for sale or rent to the Longville vacationers.
Resort lodging on the many Longville, Minnesota area lakes is very easy to find with more than two dozen resorts within just a few miles of Longville.
Winter ice fishing brings many of fishermen to the Longville area lakes. Pan fishing is especially good on many of the smaller lakes around Longville. Sunfish and Crappies are fairly abundant in these lakes. Woman Lake produces some monster Perch thru the ice in addition to great Walleye, Northern and pan fish.
Distance, Direction and Driving Time from Longville to Area Towns and Significant Cities
| Towns |
Miles |
Direction |
Driving Time |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Akeley |
31.7 |
E |
43 min |
| Backus |
23.5 |
SW |
33 min |
| Bemidji |
62.1 |
NW |
1 hr, 14 min |
| Brainerd |
54.3 |
S |
1 hr, 19 min |
| Cass Lake |
45.9 |
NW |
53 min |
| Federal Dam |
19.3 |
N |
34 min |
| Hackensack |
18.8 |
E, SE |
34 min |
| Nevis |
37 |
E |
50 min |
| Park Rapids |
49.6 |
E |
1 hr, 5 min |
| Pine River |
25.3 |
S, SW |
37 min |
| Remer |
18.9 |
E, NE |
23 min |
| Walker |
24.9 |
NW |
31 min |
Distance and Direction from Longville, Minnesota to Area Lakes
|
Lake
|
Miles
|
Direction
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 XL Lake
|
9
|
SW
|
|
Ada Lake
|
14.9
|
SW
|
|
Baby Lake
|
11.2
|
W, SW
|
|
Barnum Lake
|
13.2
|
W, SW
|
|
Bass Lake
|
16.4
|
W, SW
|
|
Big Deep Lake
|
15.3
|
SW
|
|
Big Portage Lake
|
17.4
|
SW
|
|
Black Water
Lake
|
7.3
|
SW
|
|
Bowen Lake
|
23.6
|
SW
|
|
Boy Lake
|
9.6
|
NE
|
|
Child Lake
|
9.4
|
SW
|
|
Cooper Lake
|
1.9
|
SW
|
|
Craig Lake
|
0.5
|
N
|
|
Crooked Lake
|
21
|
SW
|
|
Deep Portage
Lake
|
17.2
|
SW
|
|
Four
Point Lake
|
19.4
|
SW
|
|
Girl Lake
|
0
|
W
|
|
Hand Lake
|
12.3
|
SW
|
|
Hattie Lake
|
17.7
|
SW
|
|
Hay Lake
|
17.6
|
SW
|
|
Horseshoe Lake
|
20.9
|
SW
|
|
Inguadona Lake
|
4.2
|
E
|
|
Island Lake
|
9.9
|
SW
|
|
Kego Lake
|
2.3
|
|
|
Kerr Lake
|
10.9
|
SW
|
|
Kid Lake
|
11.9
|
W, SW
|
|
Larson Lake
|
17.2
|
W
|
|
Leech Lake
|
9.7
|
N, NW
|
|
Lindsey Lake
|
21.3
|
SW
|
|
Little Boy Lake
|
2.6
|
SW
|
|
Little Webb Lake
|
16.1
|
W
|
|
Lon Lake
|
0.9
|
NE
|
|
Long Lake #2 Lake
|
11.8
|
SW
|
|
Mann Lake
|
12.1
|
W, SW
|
|
Maple Lake
|
3
|
NE
|
|
Mossasin Lake
|
8.1
|
|
|
Mule Lake
|
5.4
|
SW
|
|
Nelle Lake
|
0.8
|
NW
|
|
Ox Yoke Lake
|
19.6
|
SW
|
|
Pick Lake
|
9.7
|
SW
|
|
Pleasant Lake
|
16.4
|
W, SW
|
|
Ponto Lake
|
12.8
|
SW
|
|
Portage Lake
|
11.1
|
NE
|
|
Rainy Lake
|
18.9
|
SW
|
|
Rice Lake
|
4.9
|
SE
|
|
Sanborn Lake
|
19.4
|
SW
|
|
Sand Lake
|
13.2
|
SW
|
|
Sand Lake
|
12.2
|
SW
|
|
Stony Lake
|
15.5
|
|
|
Three Island Lake
|
7.4
|
NW
|
|
Townline Lake
|
6
|
NE
|
|
Trillium Lake
|
11.6
|
SW
|
|
Wabedo Lake
|
4.8
|
S
|
|
Webb Lake
|
13.2
|
W, SW
|
|
Widon Lake
|
8.8
|
SW
|
|
Winnebigsohish Lake
|
27.6
|
N
|
|
Woman Lake
|
4
|
SW
|