---
type: lake
name: "Fountain Lake"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "Montrose"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 435
max_depth_ft: 10
latitude: 45.04192
longitude: -93.88316
lake_score: 32
dnr_lake_id: "86008600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/fountain-lake
---

# Fountain Lake

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near Montrose

- **Surface Area**: 435 acres
- **Max Depth**: 10 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 5.4 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 32/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Fountain Lake is a 435-acre lake near Montrose in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 10 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 5.4 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2017.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 15, based on 6 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**: 5
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2017
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 15
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-11
- **Latest**: 2015-04-29

## Nearby Lakes

- [Crawford Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/crawford-lake) - 4.3 miles, 110 acres
- [Waverly Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/waverly-lake) - 4.9 miles, 494 acres
- [Little Waverly Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/little-waverly-lake) - 5.9 miles, 338 acres
- [Dean Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/dean-lake) - 5.9 miles, 176 acres
- [Yaeger Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/yaeger-lake) - 6.4 miles, 111 acres
- [Dog Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/dog-lake) - 6.8 miles, 97 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.04192,-93.88316)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86008600)
- [All lakes in Wright County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county)

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