---
type: lake
name: "Loon Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Grand Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 231
max_depth_ft: 69
latitude: 47.23278
longitude: -93.64456
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "31057100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/loon-lake
---

# Loon Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Grand Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 231 acres
- **Max Depth**: 69 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 15 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Loon Lake is a 231-acre lake near Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 69 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 15 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 16 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Bowfin, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 16
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-25
- **Latest**: 2013-05-14

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/long-lake-grand-rapids) - 0.5 miles, 134 acres
- [Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/jay-gould-lake) - 1 miles, 552 acres
- [Tioga Mine Pit](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/tioga-mine-pit) - 1.5 miles, 49 acres
- [Little Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-jay-gould-lake) - 1.6 miles, 150 acres
- [Guile Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/guile-lake) - 1.7 miles, 88 acres
- [Blackwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/blackwater-lake) - 2.1 miles, 601 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.23278,-93.64456)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31057100)
- [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/loon-lake)*