---
type: lake
name: "Pitts Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Avon"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 114
max_depth_ft: 18
latitude: 45.56717
longitude: -94.49958
lake_score: 29
dnr_lake_id: "73009800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pitts-lake
---

# Pitts Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Avon

- **Surface Area**: 114 acres
- **Max Depth**: 18 ft
- **Average Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 29/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Pitts Lake is an 114-acre lake near Avon in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 18 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 9 feet, and has roughly 2.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. 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

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

## Nearby Lakes

- [Kalla Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kalla-lake) - 1.1 miles, 106 acres
- [Kreigle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kreigle-lake) - 1.3 miles, 102 acres
- [Big Spunk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-spunk-lake) - 2.2 miles, 415 acres
- [Big Watab Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/big-watab-lake) - 2.6 miles, 246 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake-jacobs-prairie) - 3.1 miles, 153 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/clear-lake) - 3.1 miles, 118 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.56717,-94.49958)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73009800)
- [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/pitts-lake)*