---
type: lake
name: "Platte Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Sullivan"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1663
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 46.16401
longitude: -93.92267
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "18008800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/platte-lake
---

# Platte Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Sullivan

- **Surface Area**: 1,663 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Average Depth**: 8 ft
- **Shoreline**: 13.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Platte Lake is a 1,663-acre lake near Sullivan in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 8 feet, and has roughly 13.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, 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. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 9, based on 18 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Possession limit 10 combined total for both lakes.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 9
- **Years of record**: 18
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-12
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Rock Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/rock-lake) - 1.5 miles, 203 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/long-lake) - 1.7 miles, 126 acres
- [Sullivan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/sullivan-lake) - 2 miles, 1,103 acres
- [Bulldog Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bulldog-lake) - 2.1 miles, 149 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/round-lake) - 2.4 miles, 130 acres
- [Erskine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/erskine-lake) - 2.9 miles, 182 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.16401,-93.92267)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18008800)
- [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/platte-lake)*