---
type: lake
name: "Sand Lake"
county: "Stearns"
nearest_town: "Albany"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 209
max_depth_ft: 15
latitude: 45.60254
longitude: -94.64966
lake_score: 29
dnr_lake_id: "73019900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/sand-lake
---

# Sand Lake

Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, near Albany

- **Surface Area**: 209 acres
- **Max Depth**: 15 ft
- **Average Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 29/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Sand Lake is a 209-acre lake near Albany in Stearns County, Minnesota. It reaches 15 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 7 feet, and has roughly 2.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 3 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 3, based on 5 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

## Activities

Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 3
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2017-03-24
- **Latest**: 2008-04-18

## Nearby Lakes

- [Uhlenkolts Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/uhlenkolts-lake) - 4.8 miles, 250 acres
- [Kings Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/kings-lake) - 6.5 miles, 204 acres
- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/clear-lake) - 7.5 miles, 118 acres
- [Pine Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pine-lake) - 7.6 miles, 108 acres
- [Pitts Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/pitts-lake) - 7.7 miles, 114 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/long-lake-saint-rosa) - 7.8 miles, 92 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.60254,-94.64966)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=73019900)
- [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/sand-lake)*