---
type: lake
name: "Eagle Lake"
county: "Cottonwood"
nearest_town: "Mountain Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 105
max_depth_ft: 8
latitude: 43.95073
longitude: -95.00794
lake_score: 31
dnr_lake_id: "17002000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/eagle-lake
---

# Eagle Lake

Lake in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, near Mountain Lake

- **Surface Area**: 105 acres
- **Max Depth**: 8 ft
- **Average Depth**: 6 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 31/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Eagle Lake is a 105-acre lake near Mountain Lake in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It reaches 8 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 6 feet, and has roughly 1.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 2 fish species here, including 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 2018.

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**: 2
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2018
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bingham Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/bingham-lake) - 2.8 miles, 270 acres
- [Mountain Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/mountain-lake) - 3 miles, 230 acres
- [Cottonwood Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/cottonwood-lake) - 6.7 miles, 155 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/jackson-county/fish-lake) - 7.5 miles, 297 acres
- [String Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county/string-lake) - 11.2 miles, 336 acres
- [Wellner-Hageman Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/brown-county/wellner-hageman-reservoir) - 12.5 miles, 75 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=43.95073,-95.00794)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=17002000)
- [All lakes in Cottonwood County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cottonwood-county)

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