---
type: lake
name: "Eagle Lake"
county: "Carlton"
nearest_town: "Cromwell"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 389
max_depth_ft: 35
latitude: 46.6448
longitude: -92.9179
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "09005700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/eagle-lake
---

# Eagle Lake

Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, near Cromwell

- **Surface Area**: 389 acres
- **Max Depth**: 35 ft
- **Average Depth**: 23 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Eagle Lake is a 389-acre lake near Cromwell in Carlton County, Minnesota. It reaches 35 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 23 feet, and has roughly 5.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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 17, based on 18 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 18
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-16
- **Latest**: 2013-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lower (South) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/lower-south-island-lake) - 2.5 miles, 320 acres
- [Upper (North) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/upper-north-island-lake) - 3.4 miles, 114 acres
- [Tamarack Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/tamarack-lake) - 3.7 miles, 235 acres
- [Cross Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cross-lake) - 5.6 miles, 107 acres
- [Cole Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cole-lake) - 5.9 miles, 142 acres
- [Heikkila Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/heikkila-lake) - 9.1 miles, 107 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.6448,-92.9179)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=09005700)
- [All lakes in Carlton County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county)

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