---
type: lake
name: "Spring Lake"
county: "Meeker"
nearest_town: "Dassel"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 201
max_depth_ft: 30
latitude: 45.08803
longitude: -94.29539
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "47003200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/spring-lake
---

# Spring Lake

Lake in Meeker County, Minnesota, near Dassel

- **Surface Area**: 201 acres
- **Max Depth**: 30 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Spring Lake is a 201-acre lake near Dassel in Meeker County, Minnesota. It reaches 30 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 3.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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 2018.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 4, based on 5 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **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, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 4
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2004-03-29
- **Latest**: 2008-04-21

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/long-lake-dassel) - 1.2 miles, 164 acres
- [Little Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/little-swan-lake) - 3 miles, 51 acres
- [Collinwood Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/collinwood-lake) - 3.2 miles, 639 acres
- [Big Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/big-swan-lake) - 3.9 miles, 684 acres
- [Lake Washington](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/lake-washington) - 4 miles, 2,438 acres
- [Maple Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/maple-lake) - 4.1 miles, 139 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.08803,-94.29539)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=47003200)
- [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/spring-lake)*