---
type: lake
name: "Butterfield Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Fifty Lakes"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 194
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 46.74933
longitude: -94.02337
lake_score: 10
dnr_lake_id: "18023100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/butterfield-lake
---

# Butterfield Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Fifty Lakes

- **Surface Area**: 194 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 10/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Butterfield Lake is a 194-acre lake near Fifty Lakes in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4 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 13, based on 9 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 13
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-09
- **Latest**: 2022-05-04

## Nearby Lakes

- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/eagle-lake) - 1.3 miles, 350 acres
- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/blue-lake) - 2 miles, 177 acres
- [Anna Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/anna-lake) - 2.1 miles, 112 acres
- [Mitchell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/mitchell-lake) - 2.2 miles, 429 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pickerel-lake) - 2.4 miles, 117 acres
- [East Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/east-fox-lake) - 2.6 miles, 241 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.74933,-94.02337)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18023100)
- [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/butterfield-lake)*