---
type: lake
name: "Sibley Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Pequot Lakes"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 444
max_depth_ft: 40
latitude: 46.59276
longitude: -94.32439
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "18040400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/sibley-lake
---

# Sibley Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Pequot Lakes

- **Surface Area**: 444 acres
- **Max Depth**: 40 ft
- **Shoreline**: 9.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sibley Lake is a 444-acre lake near Pequot Lakes in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 40 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 9.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.3 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. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2021.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 11 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**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## 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 15
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-12
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Mayo Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/mayo-lake) - 2 miles, 164 acres
- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/cass-county/loon-lake) - 2.4 miles, 232 acres
- [East Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/east-twin-lake) - 2.7 miles, 163 acres
- [West Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/west-twin-lake) - 3 miles, 127 acres
- [Upper Hay Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/upper-hay-lake) - 3.6 miles, 596 acres
- [Upper Cullen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/upper-cullen-lake) - 3.7 miles, 441 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.59276,-94.32439)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18040400)
- [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/sibley-lake)*