---
type: lake
name: "Tamarack Lake"
county: "Pine"
nearest_town: "Duxbury"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 71
max_depth_ft: 47
latitude: 46.07216
longitude: -92.50461
lake_score: 60
dnr_lake_id: "58002400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/tamarack-lake
---

# Tamarack Lake

Lake in Pine County, Minnesota, near Duxbury

- **Surface Area**: 71 acres
- **Max Depth**: 47 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 16.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 60/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Tamarack Lake is a 71-acre lake near Duxbury in Pine County, Minnesota. It reaches 47 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 1.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 16.1 feet, which is exceptionally clear for Minnesota.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 12, 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**: 11
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 12
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2015-04-03
- **Latest**: 2008-04-22

## Nearby Lakes

- [Rock Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/rock-lake) - 4.1 miles, 79 acres
- [Hay Creek Flowage](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/hay-creek-flowage) - 5.1 miles, 102 acres
- [McCormick Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/mccormick-lake) - 21.8 miles, 61 acres
- [Oak Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/oak-lake) - 22.2 miles, 459 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/fish-lake) - 22.6 miles, 185 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/long-lake) - 22.6 miles, 77 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.07216,-92.50461)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=58002400)
- [All lakes in Pine County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pine-county/tamarack-lake)*