---
type: lake
name: "Beatrice Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Side Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 124
max_depth_ft: 29
latitude: 47.7081
longitude: -93.06721
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "31005800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/beatrice-lake
---

# Beatrice Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Side Lake

- **Surface Area**: 124 acres
- **Max Depth**: 29 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Beatrice Lake is a 124-acre lake near Side Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 29 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.6 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 32 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**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **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, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 32
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-25
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/sturgeon-lake) - 2 miles, 1,585 acres
- [West Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/west-sturgeon-lake) - 3.1 miles, 117 acres
- [Side Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/side-lake) - 3.2 miles, 368 acres
- [Little Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/little-sturgeon-lake) - 3.5 miles, 272 acres
- [Perch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/perch-lake) - 4.3 miles, 344 acres
- [South Sturgeon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/south-sturgeon-lake) - 4.9 miles, 204 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.7081,-93.06721)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31005800)
- [All lakes in Itasca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/beatrice-lake)*