---
type: lake
name: "Jewett Lake"
county: "Otter Tail"
nearest_town: "Elizabeth"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 747
max_depth_ft: 75
latitude: 46.41104
longitude: -96.0508
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "56087700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/jewett-lake
---

# Jewett Lake

Lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, near Elizabeth

- **Surface Area**: 747 acres
- **Max Depth**: 75 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Jewett Lake is a 747-acre lake near Elizabeth in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It reaches 75 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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 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 12, based on 6 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**: 13
- **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, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Tullibee (Cisco), Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 12
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-21
- **Latest**: 2014-04-24

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/long-lake-fergus-falls) - 1.4 miles, 767 acres
- [Otter Tail River Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/otter-tail-river-reservoir) - 3.2 miles, 313 acres
- [Anderson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/anderson-lake) - 4.2 miles, 89 acres
- [Tonseth Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/tonseth-lake) - 4.5 miles, 149 acres
- [Heilberger Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/heilberger-lake) - 4.8 miles, 221 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/fish-lake) - 6.7 miles, 1,078 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.41104,-96.0508)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=56087700)
- [All lakes in Otter Tail County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/jewett-lake)*