---
type: lake
name: "Echo Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Buyck"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1142
max_depth_ft: 10
latitude: 48.17565
longitude: -92.46965
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "69061500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/echo-lake
---

# Echo Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Buyck

- **Surface Area**: 1,142 acres
- **Max Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 10.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Echo Lake is a 1,142-acre lake near Buyck in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 10 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 10.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.8 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the US Forest Service. OpenStreetMap shows a swim beach on or beside the lake. Echo Lake Campground is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. Ice typically goes out around April 19, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Swimming, Camping

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Swim Beach, Campground

### Campgrounds

- Echo Lake Campground

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Burbot, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 19
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-23
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Kabustasa Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/kabustasa-lake) - 2.4 miles, 115 acres
- [Picket Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/picket-lake) - 6.6 miles, 317 acres
- [Pauline Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/pauline-lake) - 7.3 miles, 63 acres
- [Dovre Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/dovre-lake) - 7.4 miles, 116 acres
- [Kjostad Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/kjostad-lake) - 7.6 miles, 437 acres
- [Little Vermilion Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/little-vermilion-lake) - 7.7 miles, 1,288 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=48.17565,-92.46965)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69061500)
- [All lakes in St. Louis County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/echo-lake)*