---
type: lake
name: "Dudley Lake"
county: "Rice"
nearest_town: "Faribault"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 128
max_depth_ft: 60
latitude: 44.35552
longitude: -93.36249
lake_score: 56
dnr_lake_id: "66001400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/dudley-lake
---

# Dudley Lake

Lake in Rice County, Minnesota, near Faribault

- **Surface Area**: 128 acres
- **Max Depth**: 60 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 56/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Dudley Lake is a 128-acre lake near Faribault in Rice County, Minnesota. It reaches 60 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.8 feet.

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 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around March 30, based on 14 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**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: March 30
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-01
- **Latest**: 2018-04-29

## Nearby Lakes

- [French Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/french-lake) - 1.8 miles, 876 acres
- [Mazaska Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/mazaska-lake) - 2 miles, 688 acres
- [Roberds Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/roberds-lake) - 2 miles, 632 acres
- [Fox Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/fox-lake) - 3.2 miles, 312 acres
- [Shields Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/shields-lake) - 4 miles, 940 acres
- [Circle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/circle-lake) - 4.1 miles, 838 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.35552,-93.36249)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=66001400)
- [All lakes in Rice County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county)

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