---
type: lake
name: "Long Lake"
county: "Stevens"
nearest_town: "Cyrus"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 620
max_depth_ft: 9.5
latitude: 45.59049
longitude: -95.7905
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "75002400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county/long-lake
---

# Long Lake

Lake in Stevens County, Minnesota, near Cyrus

- **Surface Area**: 620 acres
- **Max Depth**: 10 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 8.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 3.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Long Lake is a 620-acre lake near Cyrus in Stevens County, Minnesota. It reaches 10 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 8.2 miles of shoreline. It is the largest lake in Stevens County in the Minnesota DNR's LakeFinder records. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 3.9 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including walleye, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. 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 2023.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface).

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Hybrid Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Charlotte](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county/lake-charlotte) - 2.2 miles, 468 acres
- [Page Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county/page-lake) - 4.8 miles, 375 acres
- [Perkins Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county/perkins-lake) - 8.4 miles, 518 acres
- [Lake Emily](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pope-county/lake-emily) - 8.9 miles, 2,316 acres
- [Signalness Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pope-county/signalness-lake) - 13.4 miles, 42 acres
- [Malmedal Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/pope-county/malmedal-lake) - 13.6 miles, 199 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.59049,-95.7905)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=75002400)
- [All lakes in Stevens County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stevens-county/long-lake)*