---
type: lake
name: "Clear Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Cold Spring"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 118
max_depth_ft: 40
latitude: 45.5289
longitude: -94.53484
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "73017200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/clear-lake
---

# Clear Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Cold Spring

- **Surface Area**: 118 acres
- **Max Depth**: 40 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.1 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Clear Lake is an 118-acre lake near Cold Spring in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 40 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.1 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. 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.

## 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**: 13
- **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, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake-jacobs-prairie) - 2.8 miles, 153 acres
- [Pitts Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pitts-lake) - 3.1 miles, 114 acres
- [Big Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-fish-lake) - 3.3 miles, 557 acres
- [Kalla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kalla-lake) - 3.8 miles, 106 acres
- [Big Watab Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-watab-lake) - 4.4 miles, 246 acres
- [Kreigle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kreigle-lake) - 4.4 miles, 102 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.5289,-94.53484)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73017200)
- [All lakes in Stearns County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/clear-lake)*