---
type: lake
name: "Rush Lake"
county: "Sherburne"
nearest_town: "Clear Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 161
max_depth_ft: 11
latitude: 45.49087
longitude: -93.93306
lake_score: 45
dnr_lake_id: "71014700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/rush-lake
---

# Rush Lake

Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota, near Clear Lake

- **Surface Area**: 161 acres
- **Max Depth**: 11 ft
- **Average Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 45/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rush Lake is a 161-acre lake near Clear Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota. It reaches 11 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 7 feet, and has roughly 2.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.3 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 18 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and white crappie. 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 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with Eurasian watermilfoil — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 1, based on 17 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**: 18
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 1
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-03
- **Latest**: 2013-04-29

## Nearby Lakes

- [Briggs Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/briggs-lake) - 0.7 miles, 404 acres
- [Lake Julia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/lake-julia) - 1.1 miles, 154 acres
- [Elk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/elk-lake-clear-lake) - 1.5 miles, 357 acres
- [Camp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/camp-lake) - 3.7 miles, 82 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/clear-lake) - 6.3 miles, 113 acres
- [Pickerel Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/pickerel-lake) - 6.5 miles, 108 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.49087,-93.93306)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=71014700)
- [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/rush-lake)*