---
type: lake
name: "Eden Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Eden Valley"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 278
max_depth_ft: 77
latitude: 45.3515
longitude: -94.52832
lake_score: 58
dnr_lake_id: "73015000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/eden-lake
---

# Eden Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Eden Valley

- **Surface Area**: 278 acres
- **Max Depth**: 77 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.5 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 58/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Eden Lake is a 278-acre lake near Eden Valley in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 77 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 2.5 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 16 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. Ice typically goes out around April 7, based on 45 years of DNR ice-out records.

## 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**: 16
- **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, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 7
- **Years of record**: 45
- **Earliest**: 2001-03-09
- **Latest**: 2013-05-06

## Nearby Lakes

- [Vails Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/vails-lake) - 1 miles, 161 acres
- [North Brown's Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/north-brown-s-lake) - 2.4 miles, 312 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake) - 3.3 miles, 487 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/rice-lake) - 4.5 miles, 1,513 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/horseshoe-lake) - 5.2 miles, 629 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-lake) - 5.5 miles, 458 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.3515,-94.52832)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73015000)
- [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/eden-lake)*