---
type: lake
name: "Dora Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Wirt"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 423
max_depth_ft: 18
latitude: 47.74191
longitude: -94.04598
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "31088200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/dora-lake
---

# Dora Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Wirt

- **Surface Area**: 423 acres
- **Max Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Dora Lake is a 423-acre lake near Wirt in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 18 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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 2019.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the US Forest Service. The lake is listed as infested with starry stonewort and zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 20, based on 8 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2019
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

starry stonewort, zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 20
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-31
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/clear-lake) - 3.6 miles, 140 acres
- [Noma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/noma-lake) - 3.9 miles, 60 acres
- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/bass-lake-wirt) - 4.6 miles, 210 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/rice-lake-oslund) - 5.2 miles, 791 acres
- [Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/whitefish-lake) - 5.5 miles, 564 acres
- [Little Whitefish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-whitefish-lake) - 5.7 miles, 160 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.74191,-94.04598)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31088200)
- [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/dora-lake)*