---
type: lake
name: "Kreigle Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Avon"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 102
max_depth_ft: 66
latitude: 45.57903
longitude: -94.47869
lake_score: 34
dnr_lake_id: "73009700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kreigle-lake
---

# Kreigle Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Avon

- **Surface Area**: 102 acres
- **Max Depth**: 66 ft
- **Average Depth**: 14 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 34/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Kreigle Lake is a 102-acre lake near Avon in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 66 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 14 feet, and has roughly 2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 9 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2010.

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 8, based on 21 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**: 2010
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 8
- **Years of record**: 21
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-16
- **Latest**: 2013-05-08

## Nearby Lakes

- [Kalla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kalla-lake) - 0.9 miles, 106 acres
- [Big Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-spunk-lake) - 1 miles, 415 acres
- [Pitts Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pitts-lake) - 1.3 miles, 114 acres
- [Middle Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/middle-spunk-lake) - 2 miles, 236 acres
- [Linneman Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/linneman-lake) - 2.1 miles, 110 acres
- [Big Watab Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-watab-lake) - 2.3 miles, 246 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.57903,-94.47869)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73009700)
- [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/kreigle-lake)*