---
type: lake
name: "Red Sand Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Brainerd"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 521
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 46.37314
longitude: -94.28947
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "18038600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/red-sand-lake
---

# Red Sand Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Brainerd

- **Surface Area**: 521 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Red Sand Lake is a 521-acre lake near Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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 2017.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 19 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 10
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2017
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-06
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Whipple Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/whipple-lake) - 1.4 miles, 301 acres
- [White Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/white-sand-lake) - 1.5 miles, 415 acres
- [Perch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/perch-lake) - 2.6 miles, 266 acres
- [Wise Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/wise-lake) - 2.6 miles, 135 acres
- [Hartley Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hartley-lake) - 3.2 miles, 136 acres
- [Dade Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/dade-lake) - 3.8 miles, 99 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.37314,-94.28947)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18038600)
- [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/red-sand-lake)*