---
type: lake
name: "Sandy Lake"
county: "Sherburne"
nearest_town: "Crown"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 64
max_depth_ft: 41
latitude: 45.48662
longitude: -93.51886
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "71004000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/sandy-lake
---

# Sandy Lake

Lake in Sherburne County, Minnesota, near Crown

- **Surface Area**: 64 acres
- **Max Depth**: 41 ft
- **Average Depth**: 14 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sandy Lake is a 64-acre lake near Crown in Sherburne County, Minnesota. It reaches 41 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 14 feet, and has roughly 1.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 7 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2012.

There are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the township. Ice typically goes out around April 9, based on 8 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: township
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 7
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2012
- **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, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 9
- **Years of record**: 8
- **Earliest**: 2003-04-03
- **Latest**: 2008-04-22

## Nearby Lakes

- [Blue Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/blue-lake) - 1.1 miles, 296 acres
- [Fremont Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/fremont-lake) - 3.5 miles, 493 acres
- [West Hunter Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/west-hunter-lake) - 3.7 miles, 61 acres
- [Elk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sherburne-county/elk-lake) - 5.2 miles, 362 acres
- [Green Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/green-lake) - 7.1 miles, 833 acres
- [Spectacle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/isanti-county/spectacle-lake) - 8.1 miles, 246 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.48662,-93.51886)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=71004000)
- [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/sandy-lake)*