---
type: lake
name: "Lake Maria"
county: "Carver"
nearest_town: "Belle Plaine"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 131
max_depth_ft: 6
latitude: 44.72256
longitude: -93.77036
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "10005800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/lake-maria
---

# Lake Maria

Lake in Carver County, Minnesota, near Belle Plaine

- **Surface Area**: 131 acres
- **Max Depth**: 6 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.2 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Maria is a 131-acre lake near Belle Plaine in Carver County, Minnesota. It reaches 6 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 2.2 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 1 fish species here. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2001.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 1
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2001
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Black Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Miller Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/miller-lake) - 4.6 miles, 143 acres
- [Reitz Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/reitz-lake) - 8.1 miles, 92 acres
- [Hydes Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/hydes-lake) - 8.2 miles, 222 acres
- [Piersons Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/piersons-lake) - 8.4 miles, 267 acres
- [Gifford Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/scott-county/gifford-lake) - 9.1 miles, 119 acres
- [Wassermann Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/wassermann-lake) - 9.5 miles, 170 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.72256,-93.77036)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=10005800)
- [All lakes in Carver County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county)

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