---
type: lake
name: "Eagle Lake"
county: "Hennepin"
nearest_town: "Maple Grove"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 296
max_depth_ft: 34
latitude: 45.07428
longitude: -93.41536
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "27011101"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/eagle-lake
---

# Eagle Lake

Lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota, near Maple Grove

- **Surface Area**: 296 acres
- **Max Depth**: 34 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Eagle Lake is a 296-acre lake near Maple Grove in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It reaches 34 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 5.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with Eurasian watermilfoil — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around March 29, based on 9 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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: March 29
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-04
- **Latest**: 2018-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pike Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/pike-lake) - 0.6 miles, 57 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/bass-lake) - 1.7 miles, 182 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/fish-lake) - 2.7 miles, 238 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/rice-lake) - 3.9 miles, 365 acres
- [Twin Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/twin-lake) - 4.3 miles, 217 acres
- [Medicine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county/medicine-lake) - 4.5 miles, 924 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.07428,-93.41536)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=27011101)
- [All lakes in Hennepin County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hennepin-county)

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