---
type: lake
name: "Potato Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 2096
max_depth_ft: 87
latitude: 46.99922
longitude: -95.05031
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "29024300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/potato-lake
---

# Potato Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 2,096 acres
- **Max Depth**: 87 ft
- **Shoreline**: 14.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Potato Lake is a 2,096-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 87 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 14.8 miles of shoreline. By surface area it ranks No. 3 among the 81 Hubbard County lakes in this directory. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth 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 are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR and county. 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 24, based on 31 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR, county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **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, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid 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 24
- **Years of record**: 31
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-26
- **Latest**: 2013-05-13

## Nearby Lakes

- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/blue-lake) - 2.5 miles, 336 acres
- [Fish Hook Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/fish-hook-lake) - 3 miles, 1,643 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/eagle-lake) - 3.1 miles, 424 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake) - 3.8 miles, 310 acres
- [Big Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/big-sand-lake) - 3.9 miles, 1,639 acres
- [Sweitzer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/sweitzer-lake) - 3.9 miles, 114 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.99922,-95.05031)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29024300)
- [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/potato-lake)*