---
type: lake
name: "Sand Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Virginia"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 779
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 47.64828
longitude: -92.63347
lake_score: 32
dnr_lake_id: "69073600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/sand-lake
---

# Sand Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Virginia

- **Surface Area**: 779 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 32/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sand Lake is a 779-acre lake near Virginia in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2023.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 22, based on 19 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 9
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 22
- **Years of record**: 19
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-23
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Auto Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/auto-lake) - 2.1 miles, 97 acres
- [Fourteen Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/fourteen-lake) - 4.7 miles, 386 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/clear-lake-buhl) - 5.6 miles, 139 acres
- [Leander Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/leander-lake) - 5.9 miles, 252 acres
- [Dark Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/dark-lake) - 6.9 miles, 231 acres
- [Big Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/big-rice-lake) - 7.4 miles, 1,917 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=47.64828,-92.63347)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69073600)
- [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/sand-lake)*