---
type: lake
name: "Rice Lake"
county: "Itasca"
nearest_town: "Grand Rapids"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 863
max_depth_ft: 68
latitude: 47.21581
longitude: -93.68263
lake_score: 65
dnr_lake_id: "31071700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/rice-lake
---

# Rice Lake

Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, near Grand Rapids

- **Surface Area**: 863 acres
- **Max Depth**: 68 ft
- **Shoreline**: 12.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 13.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 65/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rice Lake is an 863-acre lake near Grand Rapids in Itasca County, Minnesota. It reaches 68 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 12.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 13.3 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 22, based on 13 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 14
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 22
- **Years of record**: 13
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-08
- **Latest**: 2022-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/little-rice-lake) - 1.7 miles, 139 acres
- [Guile Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/guile-lake) - 1.8 miles, 88 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/long-lake-grand-rapids) - 1.8 miles, 134 acres
- [Loon Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/loon-lake) - 2.1 miles, 231 acres
- [Blackwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/blackwater-lake) - 3 miles, 601 acres
- [Jay Gould Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/itasca-county/jay-gould-lake) - 3.1 miles, 552 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.21581,-93.68263)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=31071700)
- [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/rice-lake)*