---
type: lake
name: "Lake Lillian"
county: "Kandiyohi"
nearest_town: "Lake Lillian"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1151
max_depth_ft: 7.8
latitude: 44.96347
longitude: -94.87523
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "34007200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-lillian
---

# Lake Lillian

Lake in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, near Lake Lillian

- **Surface Area**: 1,151 acres
- **Max Depth**: 8 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Lillian is a 1,151-acre lake near Lake Lillian in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It reaches 8 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 5.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 2021.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 10 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**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 10
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-12
- **Latest**: 2013-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Big Kandiyohi Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/big-kandiyohi-lake) - 4.1 miles, 2,730 acres
- [Thompson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/thompson-lake) - 7.5 miles, 226 acres
- [Lake Elizabeth](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-elizabeth) - 7.8 miles, 1,023 acres
- [Lake Minnetaga](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-minnetaga) - 8 miles, 791 acres
- [Ella Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/ella-lake) - 8.6 miles, 153 acres
- [Lake Wakanda](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-wakanda) - 8.8 miles, 1,760 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.96347,-94.87523)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=34007200)
- [All lakes in Kandiyohi County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-lillian)*