---
type: lake
name: "Fairy Lake"
county: "Todd"
nearest_town: "Sauk Centre"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 307
max_depth_ft: 37
latitude: 45.79013
longitude: -94.98648
lake_score: 61
dnr_lake_id: "77015400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/fairy-lake
---

# Fairy Lake

Lake in Todd County, Minnesota, near Sauk Centre

- **Surface Area**: 307 acres
- **Max Depth**: 37 ft
- **Average Depth**: 17 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 11.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 61/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Fairy Lake is a 307-acre lake near Sauk Centre in Todd County, Minnesota. It reaches 37 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 17 feet, and has roughly 4.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 11.7 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 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 2024.

There are 2 public boat launches (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 47 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 2 public boat launches (concrete)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 12
- **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, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 47
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-17
- **Latest**: 2013-05-09

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/long-lake-little-sauk) - 1.7 miles, 107 acres
- [Sauk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/sauk-lake) - 2.2 miles, 2,126 acres
- [Guernsey Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/guernsey-lake) - 3.7 miles, 121 acres
- [Little Sauk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/little-sauk-lake) - 4.7 miles, 277 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/long-lake-spaulding) - 4.7 miles, 230 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/cedar-lake) - 4.8 miles, 139 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.79013,-94.98648)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=77015400)
- [All lakes in Todd County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county)

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