---
type: lake
name: "Lookout Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Crosby"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 236
max_depth_ft: 16
latitude: 46.43651
longitude: -93.95758
lake_score: 30
dnr_lake_id: "18012300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lookout-lake
---

# Lookout Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Crosby

- **Surface Area**: 236 acres
- **Max Depth**: 16 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 13 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 30/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lookout Lake is a 236-acre lake near Crosby in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 16 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 13 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 7 fish species here, including northern pike, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2008.

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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 7
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2008
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/loon-lake) - 1.5 miles, 60 acres
- [Serpent Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/serpent-lake) - 3.4 miles, 1,116 acres
- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/portage-lake-deerwood-crow-wing) - 3.5 miles, 130 acres
- [Pennington Mine](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/pennington-mine) - 3.5 miles, 62 acres
- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/clearwater-lake) - 3.5 miles, 905 acres
- [Placid Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/placid-lake) - 3.5 miles, 183 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.43651,-93.95758)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18012300)
- [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/lookout-lake)*