---
type: lake
name: "Pickeral Lake"
county: "Freeborn"
nearest_town: "Albert Lea"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 588
max_depth_ft: 6
latitude: 43.63032
longitude: -93.40695
lake_score: 31
dnr_lake_id: "24002500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/pickeral-lake
---

# Pickeral Lake

Lake in Freeborn County, Minnesota, near Albert Lea

- **Surface Area**: 588 acres
- **Max Depth**: 6 ft
- **Average Depth**: 4 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 31/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pickeral Lake is a 588-acre lake near Albert Lea in Freeborn County, Minnesota. It reaches 6 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 4 feet, and has roughly 5.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.4 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

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 county.

## Access

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

## Activities

Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Nearby Lakes

- [White Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/white-lake) - 2.2 miles, 168 acres
- [Fountain Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/fountain-lake) - 2.8 miles, 522 acres
- [Albert Lea Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/albert-lea-lake) - 4.4 miles, 2,669 acres
- [Bear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/bear-lake) - 7.5 miles, 1,033 acres
- [State Line Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/state-line-lake) - 9.1 miles, 372 acres
- [Freeborn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/freeborn-lake) - 11.2 miles, 2,034 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=43.63032,-93.40695)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=24002500)
- [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/pickeral-lake)*