---
type: lake
name: "Camp Lake"
county: "Sherburne"
nearest_town: "Clear Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 82
max_depth_ft: 34
latitude: 45.44117
longitude: -93.95939
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "71012300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/camp-lake
---

# Camp Lake

Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota, near Clear Lake

- **Surface Area**: 82 acres
- **Max Depth**: 34 ft
- **Average Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch
- **Lake Score**: 50/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Camp Lake is an 82-acre lake near Clear Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota. It reaches 34 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 9 feet, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 6 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch. Ice typically goes out around April 9, based on 11 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 6
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 9
- **Years of record**: 11
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-16
- **Latest**: 2018-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Elk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/elk-lake-clear-lake) - 2.2 miles, 357 acres
- [Rush Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/rush-lake) - 3.7 miles, 161 acres
- [Briggs Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/briggs-lake) - 4.1 miles, 404 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/clear-lake) - 4.2 miles, 113 acres
- [Lake Julia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/lake-julia) - 4.8 miles, 154 acres
- [Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/fish-lake) - 4.9 miles, 97 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.44117,-93.95939)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=71012300)
- [All lakes in Sherburne County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county)

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