---
type: lake
name: "Big Stony Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 343
max_depth_ft: 24
latitude: 46.87668
longitude: -94.91955
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "29014300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-stony-lake
---

# Big Stony Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 343 acres
- **Max Depth**: 24 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Big Stony Lake is a 343-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 24 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 5.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.1 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 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. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 6 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**: 11
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2025-04-14
- **Latest**: 2013-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Fourth Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fourth-crow-wing-lake) - 2.7 miles, 434 acres
- [Third Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/third-crow-wing-lake) - 3.1 miles, 643 acres
- [Fifth Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fifth-crow-wing-lake) - 3.3 miles, 400 acres
- [Second Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/second-crow-wing-lake) - 3.5 miles, 221 acres
- [Peysenske Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/peysenske-lake) - 3.8 miles, 220 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/long-lake) - 3.9 miles, 1,926 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.87668,-94.91955)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29014300)
- [All lakes in Hubbard County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-stony-lake)*