---
type: lake
name: "Grave Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Marcell"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 525
max_depth_ft: 39
latitude: 47.50474
longitude: -93.67231
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "31062400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/grave-lake
---

# Grave Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Marcell

- **Surface Area**: 525 acres
- **Max Depth**: 39 ft
- **Shoreline**: 7.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Grave Lake is a 525-acre lake near Marcell in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 39 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 7.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.2 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface). Ice typically goes out around April 23, based on 11 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**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Daily limit five.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 23
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2021-04-06
- **Latest**: 2008-05-04

## Nearby Lakes

- [Dead Horse Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/dead-horse-lake) - 2 miles, 105 acres
- [Day Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/day-lake) - 2 miles, 49 acres
- [Caribou Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/caribou-lake) - 2.2 miles, 247 acres
- [Little Bowstring Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-bowstring-lake) - 2.7 miles, 326 acres
- [North Star Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/north-star-lake) - 3.4 miles, 832 acres
- [Smith Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/smith-lake) - 3.8 miles, 209 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.50474,-93.67231)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31062400)
- [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/grave-lake)*