---
type: lake
name: "Long Lake"
county: "Todd"
nearest_town: "Spaulding"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 230
max_depth_ft: 36
latitude: 45.79478
longitude: -94.88859
lake_score: 61
dnr_lake_id: "77014900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/long-lake-spaulding
---

# Long Lake

Lake in Todd County, Minnesota, near Spaulding

- **Surface Area**: 230 acres
- **Max Depth**: 36 ft
- **Average Depth**: 17 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 14.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 61/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Long Lake is a 230-acre lake near Spaulding in Todd County, Minnesota. It reaches 36 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 17 feet, and has roughly 5.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 14.5 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. Special fishing regulations apply to sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. 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 10, based on 17 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2025
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Sunfish**: Possession limit 5.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 10
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-09
- **Latest**: 2013-05-11

## Nearby Lakes

- [Sauk Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/sauk-lake) - 2.7 miles, 2,126 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/cedar-lake) - 4 miles, 139 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/long-lake-little-sauk) - 4.6 miles, 107 acres
- [Fairy Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/fairy-lake) - 4.7 miles, 307 acres
- [Little Birch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/little-birch-lake) - 4.8 miles, 839 acres
- [Juergens Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/todd-county/juergens-lake) - 5.3 miles, 117 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.79478,-94.88859)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=77014900)
- [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/long-lake-spaulding)*