---
type: lake
name: "High Island Lake"
county: "Sibley"
nearest_town: "New Auburn"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1340
max_depth_ft: 6.5
latitude: 44.66584
longitude: -94.20714
lake_score: 43
dnr_lake_id: "72005000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sibley-county/high-island-lake
---

# High Island Lake

Lake in Sibley County, Minnesota, near New Auburn

- **Surface Area**: 1,340 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 16.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 43/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

High Island Lake is a 1,340-acre lake near New Auburn in Sibley County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 16.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.1 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 3, based on 17 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Shortnose Gar, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 3
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-12
- **Latest**: 2018-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Schilling Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sibley-county/schilling-lake) - 2.3 miles, 763 acres
- [Silver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sibley-county/silver-lake) - 11.9 miles, 652 acres
- [Lake Marion](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mcleod-county/lake-marion) - 12.2 miles, 520 acres
- [Round Grove Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mcleod-county/round-grove-lake) - 14.5 miles, 296 acres
- [Silver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mcleod-county/silver-lake) - 15.9 miles, 453 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/eagle-lake) - 16.6 miles, 183 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.66584,-94.20714)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=72005000)
- [All lakes in Sibley County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sibley-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/sibley-county/high-island-lake)*