---
type: lake
name: "Clear Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Wirt"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 140
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 47.75237
longitude: -93.97031
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "31084500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clear-lake
---

# Clear Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Wirt

- **Surface Area**: 140 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Clear Lake is a 140-acre lake near Wirt in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9.8 feet.

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 2017.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the US Forest Service.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: US Forest Service
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2017
- **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, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Noma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/noma-lake) - 0.3 miles, 60 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake-wirt) - 3.1 miles, 210 acres
- [Dora Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/dora-lake) - 3.6 miles, 423 acres
- [Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/whitefish-lake) - 4.8 miles, 564 acres
- [Little Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-whitefish-lake) - 5.8 miles, 160 acres
- [Trestle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/trestle-lake) - 6.3 miles, 111 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.75237,-93.97031)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31084500)
- [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/clear-lake)*