---
type: lake
name: "Buck Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Nashwauk"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 495
max_depth_ft: 31
latitude: 47.53755
longitude: -93.18661
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "31006900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/buck-lake
---

# Buck Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Nashwauk

- **Surface Area**: 495 acres
- **Max Depth**: 31 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Buck Lake is a 495-acre lake near Nashwauk in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 31 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.5 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). Ice typically goes out around April 21, based on 13 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **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, Rock Bass, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 21
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2024-04-07
- **Latest**: 2022-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [O'Leary Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/o-leary-lake) - 2.8 miles, 140 acres
- [Wolf Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/wolf-lake) - 4.1 miles, 197 acres
- [Bower Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bower-lake) - 4.3 miles, 93 acres
- [Stingy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/stingy-lake) - 5.3 miles, 361 acres
- [Shoal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/shoal-lake-nashwauk) - 5.3 miles, 266 acres
- [Hartley Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/hartley-lake) - 5.8 miles, 288 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.53755,-93.18661)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31006900)
- [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/buck-lake)*