---
type: lake
name: "Long Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Jacobs Prairie"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 153
max_depth_ft: 46
latitude: 45.52482
longitude: -94.47739
lake_score: 35
dnr_lake_id: "73010700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake-jacobs-prairie
---

# Long Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Jacobs Prairie

- **Surface Area**: 153 acres
- **Max Depth**: 46 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 35/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Long Lake is a 153-acre lake near Jacobs Prairie in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 46 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 2.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, 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.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2010
- **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, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Big Fish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-fish-lake) - 0.7 miles, 557 acres
- [Big Watab Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-watab-lake) - 2.3 miles, 246 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/clear-lake) - 2.8 miles, 118 acres
- [Kalla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kalla-lake) - 2.8 miles, 106 acres
- [Pitts Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pitts-lake) - 3.1 miles, 114 acres
- [Kreigle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kreigle-lake) - 3.7 miles, 102 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.52482,-94.47739)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73010700)
- [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/long-lake-jacobs-prairie)*