---
type: lake
name: "Laura Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Fairhaven"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 140
max_depth_ft: 7
latitude: 45.34247
longitude: -94.19237
lake_score: 8
dnr_lake_id: "73002000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/laura-lake
---

# Laura Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Fairhaven

- **Surface Area**: 140 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Average Depth**: 4 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 8/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Laura Lake is a 140-acre lake near Fairhaven in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 4 feet, and has roughly 2 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 2 fish species here. 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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 2
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2010
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Black Bullhead, Green Sunfish

## Nearby Lakes

- [Caroline Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/caroline-lake) - 1.7 miles, 137 acres
- [Marie Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/marie-lake) - 2.6 miles, 146 acres
- [Lake Augusta](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-augusta) - 3 miles, 187 acres
- [Louisa Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/louisa-lake) - 3.8 miles, 193 acres
- [School Section Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/school-section-lake) - 4 miles, 211 acres
- [Carnelian Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/carnelian-lake) - 4.3 miles, 180 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.34247,-94.19237)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73002000)
- [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/laura-lake)*