---
type: lake
name: "Clear Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Glen"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 574
max_depth_ft: 24
latitude: 46.42884
longitude: -93.50291
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "01009300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake
---

# Clear Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Glen

- **Surface Area**: 574 acres
- **Max Depth**: 24 ft
- **Average Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Clear Lake is a 574-acre lake near Glen in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 24 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 6 feet, and has roughly 5.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15.5 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 16, based on 24 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 14
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit 10.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 24
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-25
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sugar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sugar-lake) - 1.7 miles, 416 acres
- [Swamp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/swamp-lake) - 2.1 miles, 272 acres
- [Rabbit Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rabbit-lake) - 2.8 miles, 212 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/long-lake) - 4.1 miles, 435 acres
- [Section Twelve Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/section-twelve-lake) - 5.3 miles, 170 acres
- [Dam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/dam-lake) - 5.9 miles, 598 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.42884,-93.50291)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01009300)
- [All lakes in Aitkin County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake)*