---
type: lake
name: "Lake Crystal"
county: "Blue Earth"
nearest_town: "Lake Crystal"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 379
max_depth_ft: 8
latitude: 44.10857
longitude: -94.20395
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "07009800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/lake-crystal
---

# Lake Crystal

Lake in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, near Lake Crystal

- **Surface Area**: 379 acres
- **Max Depth**: 8 ft
- **Average Depth**: 8 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Crystal is a 379-acre lake near Lake Crystal in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It reaches 8 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 8 feet, and has roughly 5.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.9 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the city. Ice typically goes out around April 1, based on 12 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 1
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 1911-03-20
- **Latest**: 2008-04-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/loon-lake) - 1.5 miles, 809 acres
- [Mills Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/mills-lake) - 3.3 miles, 237 acres
- [Fedji Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/watonwan-county/fedji-lake) - 9.3 miles, 172 acres
- [Lake Ida](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/lake-ida) - 13.6 miles, 138 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/eagle-lake) - 16.4 miles, 898 acres
- [George Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/george-lake) - 18.6 miles, 88 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.10857,-94.20395)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=07009800)
- [All lakes in Blue Earth County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/blue-earth-county/lake-crystal)*