---
type: lake
name: "Skunk Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 218
max_depth_ft: 55
latitude: 47.08546
longitude: -95.01825
lake_score: 41
dnr_lake_id: "29021200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/skunk-lake
---

# Skunk Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 218 acres
- **Max Depth**: 55 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 17.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 41/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Skunk Lake is a 218-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 55 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 5.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 17.5 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2007.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 7 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2007
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 7
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-31
- **Latest**: 2022-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bad Axe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/bad-axe-lake) - 3.2 miles, 303 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake) - 3.4 miles, 310 acres
- [Stocking Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/stocking-lake) - 4.1 miles, 102 acres
- [Schoolcraft Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/schoolcraft-lake) - 4.6 miles, 170 acres
- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/blue-lake) - 4.7 miles, 336 acres
- [Mantrap Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/mantrap-lake) - 4.8 miles, 1,618 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.08546,-95.01825)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29021200)
- [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/skunk-lake)*