---
type: lake
name: "Holly Lake"
county: "Cook"
nearest_town: "Lutsen"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 76
max_depth_ft: 6
latitude: 47.77772
longitude: -90.6964
lake_score: 42
dnr_lake_id: "16036600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/holly-lake
---

# Holly Lake

Lake in Cook County, Minnesota, near Lutsen

- **Surface Area**: 76 acres
- **Max Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 42/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Holly Lake is a 76-acre lake near Lutsen in Cook County, Minnesota. It reaches 6 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 1.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the US Forest Service. Ice typically goes out around May 7, based on 6 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: May 7
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2020-05-02
- **Latest**: 2022-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Mistletoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/mistletoe-lake) - 0.6 miles, 145 acres
- [Clara Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/clara-lake) - 2 miles, 388 acres
- [Tait Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/tait-lake) - 2.9 miles, 355 acres
- [Christine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/christine-lake) - 3.2 miles, 184 acres
- [White Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/white-pine-lake) - 3.3 miles, 346 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county/rice-lake) - 3.9 miles, 223 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.77772,-90.6964)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=16036600)
- [All lakes in Cook County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cook-county)

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