---
type: lake
name: "Sand Lake"
county: "Cass"
nearest_town: "Hackensack"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 149
max_depth_ft: 54
latitude: 46.90154
longitude: -94.33887
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "11027900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/sand-lake
---

# Sand Lake

Lake in Cass County, Minnesota, near Hackensack

- **Surface Area**: 149 acres
- **Max Depth**: 54 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 16 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (asphalt)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sand Lake is a 149-acre lake near Hackensack in Cass County, Minnesota. It reaches 54 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 16 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 2022.

There is one public boat launch (asphalt surface). Ice typically goes out around May 2, based on 8 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (asphalt)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: May 2
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-06
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/sand-lake-longville) - 0.5 miles, 41 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/island-lake-longville) - 0.9 miles, 184 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/long-lake-hackensack) - 1.2 miles, 246 acres
- [Widow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/widow-lake) - 1.3 miles, 198 acres
- [Blackwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/blackwater-lake) - 1.7 miles, 771 acres
- [Ponto Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/ponto-lake) - 2 miles, 388 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.90154,-94.33887)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=11027900)
- [All lakes in Cass County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county)

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