---
type: lake
name: "North Brown's Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Eden Valley"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 312
max_depth_ft: 41
latitude: 45.38564
longitude: -94.53778
lake_score: 55
dnr_lake_id: "73014700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/north-brown-s-lake
---

# North Brown's Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Eden Valley

- **Surface Area**: 312 acres
- **Max Depth**: 41 ft
- **Average Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 5.2 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 55/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

North Brown's Lake is a 312-acre lake near Eden Valley in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 41 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 18 feet, and has roughly 2.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 5.2 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 18 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, and bluegill. 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 5, based on 15 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**: 18
- **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, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 5
- **Years of record**: 15
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-12
- **Latest**: 2013-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake) - 1 miles, 487 acres
- [Eden Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/eden-lake) - 2.4 miles, 278 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/horseshoe-lake) - 2.9 miles, 629 acres
- [Big Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-lake) - 3.3 miles, 458 acres
- [Vails Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/vails-lake) - 3.3 miles, 161 acres
- [Cedar Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/cedar-island-lake) - 3.7 miles, 986 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.38564,-94.53778)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73014700)
- [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/north-brown-s-lake)*