What is the cleanest lake near Rolling Stone Lake?

Little Sand Lake in Forest County holds a Grade A water quality score and is 2.5 miles from Rolling Stone Lake.

Why is Rolling Stone Lake not Grade A?

Rolling Stone Lake holds Grade B, with about 18.9 ft of water clarity and 33.1 µg/L of phosphorus. The grade reflects measured water quality against Metropolitan Council thresholds. Cleaner alternatives nearby score higher on clarity, phosphorus, or chlorophyll-a.

Are these recommendations based on real data?

Yes. Every grade is calculated from EPA Water Quality Portal samples for the lake. Recommendations are limited to lakes within 30 miles of Rolling Stone Lake in Wisconsin, with strictly higher numeric grade scores and sufficient monitoring data.

Cleaner Lakes Than Rolling Stone Lake, Top 5 Within 30 Miles, LakeQuality

Cleaner Lakes Than Rolling Stone Lake

5 higher-graded lakes within 30 miles, ranked by grade improvement and proximity.

Rolling Stone Lake carries a Grade B (Good) water quality score. Within 30 miles, 5 lakes hold a higher grade. Little Sand Lake (Forest County, Grade A, 2.5 mi away) is the closest meaningful upgrade.

Little Sand Lake

Forest County, Wisconsin · 2.5 mi from Rolling Stone Lake

+Higher grade (B → A)
++7.3 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (15.9 vs 33.1 µg/L)

Mole Lake

Forest County, Wisconsin · 3.1 mi from Rolling Stone Lake

+Higher grade (B → A)
++9 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (15.3 vs 33.1 µg/L)

St. Johns Lake

Forest County, Wisconsin · 3.4 mi from Rolling Stone Lake

+Higher grade (B → A)
++14.6 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (14.8 vs 33.1 µg/L)

Crane Lake

Forest County, Wisconsin · 3.4 mi from Rolling Stone Lake

+Higher grade (B → A)
++3.2 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (22 vs 33.1 µg/L)

Pickerel Lake

Forest County, Wisconsin · 3.6 mi from Rolling Stone Lake

+Higher grade (B → A)
++13.9 ft water clarity
+Lower phosphorus (20.4 vs 33.1 µg/L)

How this list is built

Every lake on LakeQuality has a calculated grade from EPA Water Quality Portal samples — secchi depth, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measured against Metropolitan Council thresholds. To suggest cleaner alternatives, we filter lakes within 30 miles to those with a strictly higher numeric score, then rank by grade improvement with a small proximity tiebreak. Cross-state and limited-data lakes are excluded so the list stays locally relevant.