---
type: lake
name: "Deer Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Nevis"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 181
max_depth_ft: 9
latitude: 46.97031
longitude: -94.86195
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "29009000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/deer-lake
---

# Deer Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Nevis

- **Surface Area**: 181 acres
- **Max Depth**: 9 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.2 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Deer Lake is an 181-acre lake near Nevis in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 9 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 4.2 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 8 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and rock bass. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2015.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the city. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 17 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 8
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2015
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2016-04-01
- **Latest**: 2022-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Shallow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/shallow-lake) - 0.7 miles, 284 acres
- [Spider Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/spider-lake) - 1.9 miles, 570 acres
- [Belle Taine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/belle-taine-lake) - 2.1 miles, 1,497 acres
- [Seventh Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/seventh-crow-wing-lake) - 2.4 miles, 262 acres
- [Sixth Crow Wing Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/sixth-crow-wing-lake) - 2.9 miles, 346 acres
- [Boulder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/boulder-lake) - 3.1 miles, 341 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.97031,-94.86195)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29009000)
- [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/deer-lake)*