---
type: lake
name: "Pearl Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Cold Spring"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 753
max_depth_ft: 17
latitude: 45.399
longitude: -94.30644
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "73003700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pearl-lake
---

# Pearl Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Cold Spring

- **Surface Area**: 753 acres
- **Max Depth**: 17 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pearl Lake is a 753-acre lake near Cold Spring in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 17 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.9 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 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 2025.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 4, 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**: 14
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **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, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 4
- **Years of record**: 15
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-04
- **Latest**: 2013-05-02

## Nearby Lakes

- [Carnelian Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/carnelian-lake) - 2.7 miles, 180 acres
- [Grand Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/grand-lake) - 3 miles, 651 acres
- [Beaver Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/beaver-lake) - 3.1 miles, 112 acres
- [Goodners Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/goodners-lake) - 3.5 miles, 191 acres
- [School Section Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/school-section-lake) - 5 miles, 211 acres
- [Pleasant Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pleasant-lake) - 6.6 miles, 218 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.399,-94.30644)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73003700)
- [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/pearl-lake)*