---
type: lake
name: "Grave Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Brainerd"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 169
max_depth_ft: 13
latitude: 46.34111
longitude: -93.99221
lake_score: 27
dnr_lake_id: "18011000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/grave-lake
---

# Grave Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Brainerd

- **Surface Area**: 169 acres
- **Max Depth**: 13 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 27/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Grave Lake is a 169-acre lake near Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 13 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2002.

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 21, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2002
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 21
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-20
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pointon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pointon-lake) - 2.1 miles, 185 acres
- [Nokay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/nokay-lake) - 2.9 miles, 704 acres
- [Upper South Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/upper-south-long-lake) - 3.1 miles, 804 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/portage-lake) - 3.7 miles, 287 acres
- [Hanks Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hanks-lake) - 4.4 miles, 165 acres
- [Crooked Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/crooked-lake) - 4.9 miles, 463 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.34111,-93.99221)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18011000)
- [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/grave-lake)*