Where is Sand Point Lake?

Sand Point Lake is a lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Sand Point Lake?

Sand Point Lake has a maximum depth of 183.9 feet. The lake covers 4259 acres.

Sand Point Lake

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No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Minnesota PCA for this lake.

Max depth

183.9 ft

Bathymetric survey

Area

4,259 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

51.7 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Mercury
184 ft max depth

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Sand Point Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 183.9 ft. Surface area: 4259 acres.

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 30, 2025 caught 11.07 walleye per gill net at Sand Point Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 7–26 inches. DNR survey details →

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Sand Point Lake is a 4,259-acre lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota with a maximum depth of 184 feet.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Minnesota DNR LakeFinder. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Sand Point Lake covers about 4,300 acres in St. Louis County. Vrbo is where to look for cabins and lake homes around Sand Point Lake, and Booking.com and Expedia search hotels near the lake for your dates.

What Sand Point Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Deep water183.9 ft surveyed max depth
Big water4,259 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sand Point Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Sand Point Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota DNR and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Sand Point Lake

These are the measurements Minnesota PCA publishes for Sand Point Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data. TSI undefined.

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DNR fisheries survey

Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 30, 2025 caught 11.07 walleye per gill net at Sand Point Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 7–26 inches.

A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Sand Point Lake’s water-quality measurements separately. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.

DNR Fisheries Survey Summary

42 surveys on file from MN DNR Fisheries. Most recent: 2025-09-30 (Standard Survey).

42 surveys on file · most recent 2025-09-30 (Standard Survey)

Species	Catch rate (CPUE)	Size	Avg weight
Walleye	8.78	7–26 in 2025-09-30	1.1 lb
Tullibee (Cisco)	7.69	5–15 in 2010-10-05	0.41 lb
Yellow Perch	3.06	5–9 in 2025-09-30	0.11 lb
Northern Pike	2.47	15–42 in 2025-09-30	3.6 lb

CPUE = catch per unit effort, fish caught per net per set in a standardised survey. It measures abundance, not size, and is not a weekly bite report.

Length Distributions

Number of fish caught at each inch class in the most recent survey that recorded lengths. Red dashed line marks an approximate trophy threshold for that species.

Walleye

166 fish · 7–26 in · 2025-09-30

Tullibee (Cisco)

93 fish · 5–15 in · 2010-10-05

Yellow Perch

13 fish · 5–9 in · 2025-09-30

Northern Pike

58 fish · 15–42 in · 2025-09-30

From the 2025-09-30 survey

Sand Point Lake is located within Voyageurs National Park, approximately 5 miles north of Crane Lake, Minnesota on the International border between Minnesota and Ontario. Sand Point is a Class 2, mesotrophic lake with a total surface area of 8,526 acres, of which 4,848 acres (57%) are in Minnesota. Its waters are…

Source: MN DNR LakeFinder Fisheries Lake Survey

DNR Reports & Resources

Minnesota DNR LakeFinder publishes lake survey, fish stocking, water access, and aquatic plant data for Sand Point Lake. 1 report on file.

These links open on the official state DNR websites (Wisconsin DNR survey PDFs · Minnesota DNR LakeFinder).

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Fisheries Lake Survey — Sand Point
Fisheries Lake Survey · MN DNR LakeFinder

Lake Details

Max depth

183.9 ft

Surface area

4,259 acres

Shoreline

51.7 mi

The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.

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EPA Impairment Status

Sand Point Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MN69-0617-00 · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in St. Louis County

Sand Point Lake6.6 ft clear0.8 miView →Little Trout Lake20.3 ft clear · Oligotrophic2.1 miView →Mukooda Lake16.6 ft clear · Mesotrophic3 miView →O'Leary Lake10.7 ft clear3.3 miView →Lucille Lake4.2 miView →Crane Lake6.3 ft clear—View →

Frequently asked questions about Sand Point Lake

Where is Sand Point Lake?: Sand Point Lake is a lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Its water-quality measurements are published by Minnesota PCA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Sand Point Lake?: Sand Point Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota has water-quality measurements published by Minnesota PCA, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 183.9 ft. Surface area: 4259 acres.
Is Sand Point Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Sand Point Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sand Point Lake?: Sand Point Lake has a maximum depth of 183.9 feet. The lake covers 4259 acres.
What did the DNR fisheries survey find at Sand Point Lake?: Minnesota DNR's Standard Survey on September 30, 2025 caught 11.07 walleye per gill net at Sand Point Lake. Length samples in the latest survey that recorded them ran 7–26 inches. A DNR fisheries survey reports fish abundance and catch rates, not water quality. LakeQuality shows Sand Point Lake’s water-quality measurements separately. Catch rate is not a swim clearance and is not a weekly bite report.