---
type: lake
name: "Little Pine Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Cross Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 330
max_depth_ft: 36
latitude: 46.70359
longitude: -94.07011
lake_score: 54
dnr_lake_id: "18026600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/little-pine-lake
---

# Little Pine Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Cross Lake

- **Surface Area**: 330 acres
- **Max Depth**: 36 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 54/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Little Pine Lake is a 330-acre lake near Cross Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 36 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 6.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 18 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Special fishing regulations apply to crappie and sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 19, based on 12 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 18
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Crappie, Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Greater Redhorse, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Northern Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 19
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-12
- **Latest**: 2022-05-05

## Nearby Lakes

- [Daggett Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/daggett-lake) - 1.4 miles, 258 acres
- [Goodrich Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/goodrich-lake) - 2.1 miles, 382 acres
- [Ox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/ox-lake) - 2.3 miles, 241 acres
- [O'Brien Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/o-brien-lake) - 2.3 miles, 186 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pickerel-lake) - 2.6 miles, 117 acres
- [East Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/east-fox-lake) - 2.9 miles, 241 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.70359,-94.07011)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18026600)
- [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/little-pine-lake)*