---
type: lake
name: "Lake Ida"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "Silver Creek (Wright)"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 226
max_depth_ft: 60
latitude: 45.30371
longitude: -93.90437
lake_score: 64
dnr_lake_id: "86014600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-ida
---

# Lake Ida

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near Silver Creek (Wright)

- **Surface Area**: 226 acres
- **Max Depth**: 60 ft
- **Average Depth**: 19 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.8 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 12.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 64/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Ida is a 226-acre lake near Silver Creek (Wright) in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 60 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 19 feet, and has roughly 2.8 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 12.5 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 10 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2022.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. A campground is mapped close to the shoreline for overnight stays. Ice typically goes out around April 4, 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**: 10
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2022
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling, Camping

## Amenities

Boat Ramp, Campground

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 4
- **Years of record**: 17
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-16
- **Latest**: 2013-05-04

## Nearby Lakes

- [Birch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/birch-lake) - 1.2 miles, 100 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/eagle-lake) - 1.5 miles, 191 acres
- [Bertram Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/bertram-lake) - 2.6 miles, 111 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/cedar-lake-monticello) - 3.1 miles, 206 acres
- [Millstone Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/millstone-lake) - 4.5 miles, 200 acres
- [Locke Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/locke-lake) - 4.7 miles, 140 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.30371,-93.90437)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86014600)
- [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/lake-ida)*