---
type: lake
name: "White Lake"
county: "Freeborn"
nearest_town: "Albert Lea"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 168
max_depth_ft: 4
latitude: 43.6623
longitude: -93.41163
lake_score: 11
dnr_lake_id: "24002400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/white-lake
---

# White Lake

Lake in Freeborn County, Minnesota, near Albert Lea

- **Surface Area**: 168 acres
- **Max Depth**: 4 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 11/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

White Lake is a 168-acre lake near Albert Lea in Freeborn County, Minnesota. It reaches 4 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 3 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including yellow perch. 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 2015.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2015
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Goldfish, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fountain Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/fountain-lake) - 1.6 miles, 522 acres
- [Pickeral Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/pickeral-lake) - 2.2 miles, 588 acres
- [Albert Lea Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/albert-lea-lake) - 5 miles, 2,669 acres
- [Bear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/bear-lake) - 9.2 miles, 1,033 acres
- [Freeborn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/freeborn-lake) - 9.6 miles, 2,034 acres
- [State Line Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/freeborn-county/state-line-lake) - 11.1 miles, 372 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=43.6623,-93.41163)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=24002400)
- [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/white-lake)*