---
type: lake
name: "Stark Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Pine Knoll"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 217
max_depth_ft: 66
latitude: 46.64378
longitude: -93.81408
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "18016900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/stark-lake
---

# Stark Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Pine Knoll

- **Surface Area**: 217 acres
- **Max Depth**: 66 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Stark Lake is a 217-acre lake near Pine Knoll in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 66 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2016.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 10, based on 17 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**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2016
- **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, Bowfin, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 10
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-14
- **Latest**: 2022-05-02

## Nearby Lakes

- [Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/twin-lake) - 1 miles, 79 acres
- [Ross Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/ross-lake) - 1.8 miles, 492 acres
- [Nelson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/nelson-lake) - 2.3 miles, 319 acres
- [Blind Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/blind-lake) - 3.2 miles, 304 acres
- [Upper Dean Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/upper-dean-lake) - 3.3 miles, 259 acres
- [Rogers Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/rogers-lake) - 4.2 miles, 240 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.64378,-93.81408)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18016900)
- [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/stark-lake)*