---
type: lake
name: "Stocking Lake"
county: "Hubbard"
nearest_town: "Park Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 102
max_depth_ft: 25
latitude: 47.0469
longitude: -94.9522
lake_score: 9
dnr_lake_id: "29017200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/stocking-lake
---

# Stocking Lake

Lake in Hubbard County, Minnesota, near Park Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 102 acres
- **Max Depth**: 25 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 9/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Stocking Lake is a 102-acre lake near Park Rapids in Hubbard County, Minnesota. It reaches 25 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

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 16, based on 13 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Activities

None on record

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 16
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-16
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Upper Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/upper-bottle-lake) - 1.2 miles, 459 acres
- [Lower Bottle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/lower-bottle-lake) - 1.3 miles, 641 acres
- [Emma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/emma-lake) - 2.1 miles, 78 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/pickerel-lake) - 2.1 miles, 310 acres
- [Ojibway Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/ojibway-lake) - 2.3 miles, 184 acres
- [Mantrap Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/hubbard-county/mantrap-lake) - 2.4 miles, 1,618 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.0469,-94.9522)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=29017200)
- [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/stocking-lake)*