page_title: Grindstone Lake (Wisconsin)
hierarchical_section_title: Grindstone Lake (Wisconsin)
caption_attribution_description: Grindstone Lake, Wisconsin at sunset
context_page_description: Grindstone Lake is a large freshwater lake located in north central Wisconsin in the Town of Bass Lake, Sawyer County, United States, in township 40 north, ranges 8 and 9 west. The lake is roughly oval shaped being approximately three miles in length east to west and two miles north to south. Grindstone Lake is 3,176 acres in size with a maximum depth of 60 feet and a shoreline of 10.5 miles. The lake has a small inlet stream that enters on the east shore of the lake and that originates from a series of springs that are located a short distance northeast of the lake. There is an outlet on the southeast shore of the lake that leads through a small stream to Lac Courte Oreilles.
  Grindstone Lake is located approximately six miles southeast of the city of Hayward, the primary commercial and retail center of the area, and is one of three large natural lakes located to the south and east of the city. There is a small unincorporated residential community on the south side of the lake commonly referred to as Northwoods Beach. The eastern part of the lake is located in the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation.
caption: Grindstone Lake at sunset
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