---
type: lake
name: "Lake Geneva"
county: "Freeborn"
nearest_town: "Geneva"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1884
max_depth_ft: 3.5
latitude: 43.7931
longitude: -93.27372
lake_score: 37
dnr_lake_id: "24001500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/lake-geneva
---

# Lake Geneva

Lake in Freeborn County, Minnesota, near Geneva

- **Surface Area**: 1,884 acres
- **Max Depth**: 4 ft
- **Shoreline**: 12.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 37/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Geneva is a 1,884-acre lake near Geneva in Freeborn County, Minnesota. It reaches 4 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 12.9 miles of shoreline. By surface area it ranks No. 3 among the 8 Freeborn County lakes in this directory.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around March 15, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Activities

Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: March 15
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-02
- **Latest**: 2013-04-21

## Nearby Lakes

- [Beaver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/steele-county/beaver-lake) - 7.8 miles, 98 acres
- [Fountain Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/fountain-lake) - 10.3 miles, 522 acres
- [St. Olaf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/st-olaf-lake) - 10.4 miles, 91 acres
- [Albert Lea Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/albert-lea-lake) - 11.2 miles, 2,669 acres
- [White Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/white-lake) - 11.4 miles, 168 acres
- [Pickeral Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/pickeral-lake) - 13.1 miles, 588 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=43.7931,-93.27372)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=24001500)
- [All lakes in Freeborn County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county)

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