---
type: lake
name: "Moose Lake"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "French Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 87
max_depth_ft: 43
latitude: 45.22552
longitude: -94.23272
lake_score: 52
dnr_lake_id: "86027100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/moose-lake
---

# Moose Lake

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near French Lake

- **Surface Area**: 87 acres
- **Max Depth**: 43 ft
- **Average Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 8.5 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 52/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Moose Lake is an 87-acre lake near French Lake in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 43 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 10 feet, and has roughly 2.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 8.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2015.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the county. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 7, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Managed by**: county
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2015
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

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

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 7
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-16
- **Latest**: 2018-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Francis](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/lake-francis) - 1.4 miles, 1,053 acres
- [West Lake Sylvia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/west-lake-sylvia) - 1.9 miles, 904 acres
- [Union Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/union-lake) - 2.4 miles, 93 acres
- [East Lake Sylvia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/east-lake-sylvia) - 2.6 miles, 669 acres
- [French Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/french-lake) - 3.6 miles, 346 acres
- [John Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/john-lake) - 4 miles, 397 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.22552,-94.23272)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86027100)
- [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/moose-lake)*