---
type: lake
name: "Blue Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 336
max_depth_ft: 84
latitude: 47.01798
longitude: -95.00401
lake_score: 68
dnr_lake_id: "29018400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/blue-lake
---

# Blue Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 336 acres
- **Max Depth**: 84 ft
- **Average Depth**: 44 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 68/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Blue Lake is a 336-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 84 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 44 feet, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15.6 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 26, based on 20 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**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 26
- **Years of record**: 20
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-26
- **Latest**: 2013-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake) - 1.5 miles, 310 acres
- [Big Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-sand-lake) - 2.1 miles, 1,639 acres
- [Potato Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/potato-lake) - 2.5 miles, 2,096 acres
- [Emma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/emma-lake) - 2.7 miles, 78 acres
- [Lower Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/lower-bottle-lake) - 2.8 miles, 641 acres
- [Stocking Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/stocking-lake) - 3.2 miles, 102 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.01798,-95.00401)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29018400)
- [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/blue-lake)*