---
type: lake
name: "Rachel Lake"
county: "Douglas"
nearest_town: "Holmes City"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 448
max_depth_ft: 65
latitude: 45.79801
longitude: -95.55483
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "21016000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/rachel-lake
---

# Rachel Lake

Lake in Douglas County, Minnesota, near Holmes City

- **Surface Area**: 448 acres
- **Max Depth**: 65 ft
- **Average Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rachel Lake is a 448-acre lake near Holmes City in Douglas County, Minnesota. It reaches 65 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 30 feet, and has roughly 6.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 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 northern pike, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 11, based on 7 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**: 14
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Northern Pike**: All from 24-36" must be immediately released. Possession limit three, only one over 36".

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 11
- **Years of record**: 7
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-18
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pocket Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/pocket-lake) - 1.8 miles, 263 acres
- [Blackwell Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/blackwell-lake) - 1.9 miles, 307 acres
- [Grants Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/grants-lake) - 2.1 miles, 177 acres
- [Freeborn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/freeborn-lake) - 3 miles, 248 acres
- [South Oscar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/south-oscar-lake) - 3.2 miles, 997 acres
- [Mill Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/mill-lake) - 3.9 miles, 451 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.79801,-95.55483)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=21016000)
- [All lakes in Douglas County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/douglas-county/rachel-lake)*