---
type: lake
name: "Jail Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Pine River"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 183
max_depth_ft: 22
latitude: 46.80032
longitude: -94.30257
lake_score: 28
dnr_lake_id: "18041500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/jail-lake
---

# Jail Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Pine River

- **Surface Area**: 183 acres
- **Max Depth**: 22 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 28/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Jail Lake is an 183-acre lake near Pine River in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 22 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1998.

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 15, based on 12 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**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1998
- **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, Bowfin, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-31
- **Latest**: 2022-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Lizzie](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lake-lizzie) - 1.2 miles, 414 acres
- [Ada Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/ada-lake) - 2.9 miles, 963 acres
- [Hand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/hand-lake) - 3.7 miles, 289 acres
- [Stewart Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/stewart-lake) - 4 miles, 234 acres
- [Hattie Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/hattie-lake) - 4.4 miles, 588 acres
- [Sylvan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/sylvan-lake-backus) - 4.6 miles, 113 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.80032,-94.30257)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18041500)
- [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/jail-lake)*