---
type: lake
name: "Smith Lake"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "Smith Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 244
max_depth_ft: 5
latitude: 45.07571
longitude: -94.12707
lake_score: 25
dnr_lake_id: "86025000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/smith-lake
---

# Smith Lake

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near Smith Lake

- **Surface Area**: 244 acres
- **Max Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.7 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 25/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Smith Lake is a 244-acre lake near Smith Lake in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 5 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 3.7 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 1 fish species here. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1980.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 1
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1980
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Black Bullhead

## Nearby Lakes

- [Howard Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/howard-lake) - 2.8 miles, 745 acres
- [Cokato Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/cokato-lake) - 3.1 miles, 553 acres
- [Brooks Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/brooks-lake) - 3.8 miles, 100 acres
- [Dutch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/dutch-lake) - 3.9 miles, 162 acres
- [Lake Ann](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-ann) - 5.1 miles, 375 acres
- [Mud Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/mud-lake) - 5.4 miles, 57 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.07571,-94.12707)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86025000)
- [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/smith-lake)*