---
type: lake
name: "Betty Lake"
county: "Meeker"
nearest_town: "Kimball"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 154
max_depth_ft: 29
latitude: 45.27547
longitude: -94.28123
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "47004200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/betty-lake
---

# Betty Lake

Lake in Meeker County, Minnesota, near Kimball

- **Surface Area**: 154 acres
- **Max Depth**: 29 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 50/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Betty Lake is a 154-acre lake near Kimball in Meeker County, Minnesota. It reaches 29 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.7 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 8, based on 22 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**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **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, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 22
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-09
- **Latest**: 2002-05-15

## Nearby Lakes

- [Union Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/union-lake) - 1.8 miles, 93 acres
- [Louisa Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/louisa-lake) - 2.5 miles, 193 acres
- [Willow Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/willow-lake) - 3.7 miles, 156 acres
- [Marie Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/marie-lake) - 3.7 miles, 146 acres
- [West Lake Sylvia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/west-lake-sylvia) - 3.8 miles, 904 acres
- [School Section Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/school-section-lake) - 3.8 miles, 211 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.27547,-94.28123)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=47004200)
- [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/betty-lake)*