---
type: lake
name: "Big Swan Lake"
county: "Meeker"
nearest_town: "Kingston"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 684
max_depth_ft: 32
latitude: 45.14295
longitude: -94.27838
lake_score: 51
dnr_lake_id: "47003800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/big-swan-lake
---

# Big Swan Lake

Lake in Meeker County, Minnesota, near Kingston

- **Surface Area**: 684 acres
- **Max Depth**: 32 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 51/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Big Swan Lake is a 684-acre lake near Kingston in Meeker County, Minnesota. It reaches 32 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 6.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.2 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 22 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and white crappie. 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 4, based on 8 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**: 22
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, White Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, Smallmouth Buffalo, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 4
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2007-03-30
- **Latest**: 2005-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Little Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/little-swan-lake) - 1.1 miles, 51 acres
- [Arvilla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/arvilla-lake) - 1.5 miles, 138 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/long-lake-dassel) - 2.8 miles, 164 acres
- [Spring Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/spring-lake) - 3.9 miles, 201 acres
- [Brooks Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/brooks-lake) - 5.3 miles, 100 acres
- [Lake Francis](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/lake-francis) - 5.5 miles, 1,053 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.14295,-94.27838)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=47003800)
- [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/big-swan-lake)*