---
type: lake
name: "Moose Lake"
county: "Carlton"
nearest_town: "Moose Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 133
max_depth_ft: 67
latitude: 46.43234
longitude: -92.70791
lake_score: 41
dnr_lake_id: "09004300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/moose-lake
---

# Moose Lake

Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, near Moose Lake

- **Surface Area**: 133 acres
- **Max Depth**: 67 ft
- **Average Depth**: 23 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 41/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Moose Lake is a 133-acre lake near Moose Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota. It reaches 67 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 23 feet, and has roughly 2.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2009.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 12 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2009
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 1998-04-06
- **Latest**: 2022-05-05

## Nearby Lakes

- [Echo Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/echo-lake) - 1.5 miles, 108 acres
- [Eleven Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/eleven-lake) - 2.5 miles, 108 acres
- [Moosehead Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/moosehead-lake) - 2.6 miles, 279 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/island-lake) - 2.7 miles, 527 acres
- [Hanging Horn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/hanging-horn-lake) - 3.2 miles, 409 acres
- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/sand-lake) - 3.6 miles, 527 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.43234,-92.70791)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=09004300)
- [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/moose-lake)*