---
type: lake
name: "Lady Slipper Lake"
county: "Lyon"
nearest_town: "Cottonwood"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 286
max_depth_ft: 11
latitude: 44.57143
longitude: -95.62904
lake_score: 36
dnr_lake_id: "42002000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county/lady-slipper-lake
---

# Lady Slipper Lake

Lake in Lyon County, Minnesota, near Cottonwood

- **Surface Area**: 286 acres
- **Max Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 36/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lady Slipper Lake is a 286-acre lake near Cottonwood in Lyon County, Minnesota. It reaches 11 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.5 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 6 fish species here, including walleye and yellow perch. 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR.

## 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**: 6
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Hybrid Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [School Grove Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county/school-grove-lake) - 1.5 miles, 349 acres
- [Cottonwood Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county/cottonwood-lake) - 4 miles, 383 acres
- [Tyson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/yellow-medicine-county/tyson-lake) - 5.3 miles, 166 acres
- [Curtis Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/yellow-medicine-county/curtis-lake) - 7.2 miles, 382 acres
- [Wood Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/yellow-medicine-county/wood-lake) - 9.2 miles, 485 acres
- [Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county/island-lake) - 23 miles, 170 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.57143,-95.62904)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=42002000)
- [All lakes in Lyon County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lyon-county/lady-slipper-lake)*