Location Guide
Longville The Woman Lake Chain Town
Longville is a classic northern lake town on the Woman Lake chain in Cass County, where boats can run from the lakes straight to downtown. It is quiet, resort-lined, and all about the water.
Longville at a Glance
County
Cass County
Community
153 (2020 census)
From Brainerd
About 55 miles, roughly 1 hour 15 minutes
From the Twin Cities
About 200 miles, roughly 4 hours
Schools
Northland Community Schools (ISD 118)
About Longville
Longville is the kind of town that makes visitors slow down and stay, a classic North Woods resort community on the Woman Lake chain, four connected lakes led by roughly 5,500-acre Woman Lake itself. It is one of Minnesota's great walleye and muskie lakes, and the town exists for the water and the people who love it.
The community keeps a genuine resort-town character: cabins, lodges, a marina, and downtown businesses where the boats tie up, all wrapped around a year-round population that keeps the lights on through winter. For buyers looking for deep northwoods water without the crowds of the big-name chains, Longville is the real thing.
Key Facts
The essentials that shape daily life, the housing market, and the resale picture in this community.
Sits on the Woman Lake chain
Boats can run from the lakes to downtown
Heartland State Trail nearby
Turtle races and small-town traditions
Deep Portage Conservation Reserve
The Water
Longville is a small town built exactly where the water is: Woman Lake and the chain open up right at the edge of the business district, and boaters tie up downtown in the summer. It is northern Minnesota lake living in its most traditional form.
Lakes and Waterways
Life Here Year-Round
Fishing defines the place, with walleye, muskie, pike, and panfish all in the Woman Lake chain system, and the Ice-Out celebration and the turtle races mark the seasons. Deep Portage Conservation Reserve provides hiking and ski trails, the Heartland State Trail connects to the regional trail system, and winter brings ice fishing and snowmobiling, with the small year-round community keeping the town alive.
Buying in Longville
What buyers should understand before buying or selling in this community, and how it fits the bigger lake-market picture.
Compare Other CommunitiesWoman Lake chain water is the asset, with more than 7,000 combined acres of connected lakes and strong fishing.
Prices run well below the Gull and Whitefish markets for comparable northern lake property.
Resort-lined shoreline means strong summer rental demand alongside year-round living.
Services are modest by design: Pine River about 40 minutes, Brainerd a little over an hour.
Questions Buyers Ask About Longville
Is Longville part of the Brainerd Lakes Area?
It sits about an hour north of Brainerd in Cass County and is often grouped with the wider Brainerd lakes region, offering some of its quietest, most traditional lake living.
What is the Woman Lake chain like?
Four connected lakes led by Woman Lake itself, roughly 5,500 acres, with strong walleye and muskie fishing and a resort-lined, family-friendly character.
Can you live in Longville year-round?
Yes. The year-round population is small but committed, and the schools, stores, and winter recreation keep the town functioning through the hard season.
How far is Longville from the Twin Cities?
About 200 miles, roughly 4 hours north, which filters out the weekend day-trippers and keeps the lakes quiet.
Life Around Longville
Woman Lake chain
Connected lakes with walleye, muskie, and northern pike fishing.
Longville turtle races
The town's iconic June tradition on Main Street.
Deep Portage Conservation Reserve
Trails, ski routes, and a learning center.
Heartland State Trail
A 49-mile paved rail-trail through the region.
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