---
type: lake
name: "Arvilla Lake"
county: "Meeker"
nearest_town: "Kingston"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 138
max_depth_ft: 9
latitude: 45.14947
longitude: -94.30714
lake_score: 47
dnr_lake_id: "47002300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/arvilla-lake
---

# Arvilla Lake

Lake in Meeker County, Minnesota, near Kingston

- **Surface Area**: 138 acres
- **Max Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 47/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Arvilla Lake is a 138-acre lake near Kingston in Meeker County, Minnesota. It reaches 9 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.7 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, 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 2018.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 7, based on 19 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**: 16
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2018
- **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, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 7
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-13
- **Latest**: 2018-04-29

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/little-swan-lake) - 1.4 miles, 51 acres
- [Big Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/big-swan-lake) - 1.5 miles, 684 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/long-lake-dassel) - 3.1 miles, 164 acres
- [Spring Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/spring-lake) - 4.3 miles, 201 acres
- [Lake Francis](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/lake-francis) - 5.5 miles, 1,053 acres
- [Dunns Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/dunns-lake) - 5.9 miles, 152 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.14947,-94.30714)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=47002300)
- [All lakes in Meeker County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county)

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