---
type: lake
name: "Park Lake"
county: "Carlton"
nearest_town: "Mahtowa"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 381
max_depth_ft: 16
latitude: 46.61813
longitude: -92.65321
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "09002900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/park-lake
---

# Park Lake

Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, near Mahtowa

- **Surface Area**: 381 acres
- **Max Depth**: 16 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Park Lake is a 381-acre lake near Mahtowa in Carlton County, Minnesota. It reaches 16 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 3.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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 (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 18 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 18
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-16
- **Latest**: 2005-05-12

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bob Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/bob-lake) - 2.1 miles, 77 acres
- [Torch Light Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/torch-light-lake) - 2.7 miles, 126 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/big-lake) - 5.8 miles, 526 acres
- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/sand-lake) - 7.4 miles, 128 acres
- [Bear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/bear-lake) - 8.4 miles, 100 acres
- [Hay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/hay-lake) - 9 miles, 140 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.61813,-92.65321)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=09002900)
- [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/park-lake)*