---
type: lake
name: "Sugar Lake"
county: "Aitkin"
nearest_town: "Glen"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 416
max_depth_ft: 45
latitude: 46.41561
longitude: -93.47393
lake_score: 61
dnr_lake_id: "01008700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/sugar-lake
---

# Sugar Lake

Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, near Glen

- **Surface Area**: 416 acres
- **Max Depth**: 45 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 61/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sugar Lake is a 416-acre lake near Glen in Aitkin County, Minnesota. It reaches 45 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 16, based on 8 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**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## 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, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2005-04-10
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/clear-lake) - 1.7 miles, 574 acres
- [Swamp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/swamp-lake) - 1.8 miles, 272 acres
- [Rabbit Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/rabbit-lake) - 4.4 miles, 212 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/long-lake) - 5 miles, 435 acres
- [Dam Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/dam-lake) - 6.6 miles, 598 acres
- [Section Twelve Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/section-twelve-lake) - 6.9 miles, 170 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.41561,-93.47393)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=01008700)
- [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/sugar-lake)*