---
type: lake
name: "Island Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 541
max_depth_ft: 65
latitude: 47.04863
longitude: -95.11783
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "29025400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/island-lake
---

# Island Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 541 acres
- **Max Depth**: 65 ft
- **Average Depth**: 21 ft
- **Shoreline**: 7.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Island Lake is a 541-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 65 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 21 feet, and has roughly 7.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 13 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**: 16
- **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, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Greater Redhorse, Northern Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-28
- **Latest**: 2013-05-21

## Nearby Lakes

- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/eagle-lake) - 1.6 miles, 424 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/cedar-lake) - 2.8 miles, 103 acres
- [Hungry Man Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/hungry-man-lake) - 3.3 miles, 144 acres
- [Dinner Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/dinner-lake) - 3.9 miles, 59 acres
- [Two Inlets Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/becker-county/two-inlets-lake) - 4.1 miles, 578 acres
- [Potato Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/potato-lake) - 4.7 miles, 2,096 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.04863,-95.11783)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29025400)
- [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/island-lake)*