---
type: lake
name: "Hartley Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "East Gull Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 136
max_depth_ft: 20
latitude: 46.41875
longitude: -94.30347
lake_score: 39
dnr_lake_id: "18039200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hartley-lake
---

# Hartley Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near East Gull Lake

- **Surface Area**: 136 acres
- **Max Depth**: 20 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.4 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 39/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Hartley Lake is a 136-acre lake near East Gull Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 20 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.4 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including northern pike, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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 1989.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 1989
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Hybrid Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Wise Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/wise-lake) - 2.4 miles, 135 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/round-lake) - 2.9 miles, 1,650 acres
- [Red Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/red-sand-lake) - 3.2 miles, 521 acres
- [Gull Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/gull-lake) - 3.2 miles, 10,010 acres
- [North Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/north-long-lake) - 3.3 miles, 6,190 acres
- [Whipple Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/whipple-lake) - 4 miles, 301 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.41875,-94.30347)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18039200)
- [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/hartley-lake)*