---
type: lake
name: "Gunn Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Alder"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 111
max_depth_ft: 75
latitude: 47.54163
longitude: -93.54017
lake_score: 29
dnr_lake_id: "31045200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/gunn-lake-alder
---

# Gunn Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Alder

- **Surface Area**: 111 acres
- **Max Depth**: 75 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 29/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Gunn Lake is an 111-acre lake near Alder in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 75 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.6 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 21, based on 17 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 21
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-29
- **Latest**: 2015-05-15

## Nearby Lakes

- [Black Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/black-island-lake) - 1.1 miles, 117 acres
- [Nose Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/nose-lake) - 1.2 miles, 114 acres
- [Ruby Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/ruby-lake) - 1.7 miles, 235 acres
- [Lake Elizabeth](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/lake-elizabeth) - 1.7 miles, 193 acres
- [Highland Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/highland-lake) - 2.1 miles, 105 acres
- [Burnt Shanty Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/burnt-shanty-lake) - 2.1 miles, 198 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.54163,-93.54017)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31045200)
- [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/gunn-lake-alder)*