---
type: lake
name: "Rose Lake"
county: "Otter Tail"
nearest_town: "Dalton"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 108
max_depth_ft: 37
latitude: 46.1924
longitude: -95.97145
lake_score: 33
dnr_lake_id: "56062000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/rose-lake-dalton
---

# Rose Lake

Lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, near Dalton

- **Surface Area**: 108 acres
- **Max Depth**: 37 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 33/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rose Lake is a 108-acre lake near Dalton in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It reaches 37 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 2.6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2007.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2007
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Longnose Gar, Shorthead Redhorse, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Swan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/swan-lake) - 2.4 miles, 749 acres
- [Indian Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/indian-lake) - 2.6 miles, 157 acres
- [North Ten Mile Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/north-ten-mile-lake) - 2.9 miles, 654 acres
- [Ten Mile Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/ten-mile-lake) - 4.6 miles, 1,428 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/clear-lake) - 4.9 miles, 399 acres
- [Pebble Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/pebble-lake) - 5.2 miles, 195 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.1924,-95.97145)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=56062000)
- [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/rose-lake-dalton)*