---
type: lake
name: "Blue Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Emily"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 177
max_depth_ft: 48
latitude: 46.77244
longitude: -93.99632
lake_score: 14
dnr_lake_id: "18021100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/blue-lake
---

# Blue Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Emily

- **Surface Area**: 177 acres
- **Max Depth**: 48 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 14/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Blue Lake is a 177-acre lake near Emily in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 48 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 12, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Activities

None on record

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 12
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-04
- **Latest**: 2008-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Anna Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/anna-lake) - 0.6 miles, 112 acres
- [Butterfield Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/butterfield-lake) - 2 miles, 194 acres
- [Mitchell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/mitchell-lake) - 2.4 miles, 429 acres
- [Ruth Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/ruth-lake) - 2.6 miles, 599 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/eagle-lake) - 2.7 miles, 350 acres
- [Smokey Hollow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/smokey-hollow-lake) - 3.3 miles, 125 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.77244,-93.99632)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18021100)
- [All lakes in Crow Wing County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/blue-lake)*