---
type: lake
name: "Loon Lake"
county: "Waseca"
nearest_town: "Waseca"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 125
max_depth_ft: 9
latitude: 44.08137
longitude: -93.51833
lake_score: 43
dnr_lake_id: "81001500"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/loon-lake
---

# Loon Lake

Lake in Waseca County, Minnesota, near Waseca

- **Surface Area**: 125 acres
- **Max Depth**: 9 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.2 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 0.9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (asphalt)
- **Lake Score**: 43/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Loon Lake is a 125-acre lake near Waseca in Waseca County, Minnesota. It reaches 9 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.2 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 0.9 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 7 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch, and channel catfish. 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 (asphalt surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR and city. Ice typically goes out around March 27, based on 35 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (asphalt)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR, city
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 7
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2023
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: March 27
- **Years of record**: 35
- **Earliest**: 2024-02-27
- **Latest**: 2018-04-27

## Nearby Lakes

- [Clear Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/clear-lake) - 1.7 miles, 649 acres
- [Toner's Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/toner-s-lake) - 7.1 miles, 130 acres
- [Reeds Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/reeds-lake) - 8.7 miles, 195 acres
- [Lily Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/lily-lake) - 9.8 miles, 114 acres
- [Upper Sakatah Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/le-sueur-county/upper-sakatah-lake) - 10.2 miles, 892 acres
- [Lake Elysian](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county/lake-elysian) - 10.3 miles, 2,215 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.08137,-93.51833)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=81001500)
- [All lakes in Waseca County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/waseca-county)

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