---
type: lake
name: "Clearwater Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Blackberry"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 132
max_depth_ft: 16
latitude: 47.20712
longitude: -93.38011
lake_score: 25
dnr_lake_id: "31021400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clearwater-lake
---

# Clearwater Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Blackberry

- **Surface Area**: 132 acres
- **Max Depth**: 16 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 25/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Clearwater Lake is a 132-acre lake near Blackberry in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 16 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline.

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

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 57 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Activities

Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 57
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-22
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/round-lake-blackberry) - 1.1 miles, 101 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/rice-lake-philbin) - 3 miles, 135 acres
- [Trout Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/trout-lake) - 3.8 miles, 1,862 acres
- [Little Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-sand-lake-calumet) - 5.6 miles, 210 acres
- [Sand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/sand-lake-warba) - 5.7 miles, 113 acres
- [Hale Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/hale-lake-blackberry) - 5.9 miles, 125 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.20712,-93.38011)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31021400)
- [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/clearwater-lake)*