---
type: lake
name: "Rock Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Pine Center"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 203
max_depth_ft: 22
latitude: 46.17333
longitude: -93.89481
lake_score: 44
dnr_lake_id: "18001600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/rock-lake
---

# Rock Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Pine Center

- **Surface Area**: 203 acres
- **Max Depth**: 22 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 44/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rock Lake is a 203-acre lake near Pine Center in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 22 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 10, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 16
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## 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 10
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-11
- **Latest**: 2022-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bulldog Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bulldog-lake) - 0.8 miles, 149 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/long-lake) - 1.3 miles, 126 acres
- [Platte Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/platte-lake) - 1.5 miles, 1,663 acres
- [Erskine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/erskine-lake) - 1.9 miles, 182 acres
- [Peavy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/peavy-lake) - 3.2 miles, 140 acres
- [Sullivan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/morrison-county/sullivan-lake) - 3.3 miles, 1,103 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.17333,-93.89481)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18001600)
- [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/rock-lake)*