Lura Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site
Boat ramp · on Lura Lake · near Mapleton · Minnesota
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Docks
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete Slab
- Trailer parking
- 10 spaces
- Car parking
- 4 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Coordinates
- 43.88266, -94.02603
On Lura Lake
Lura Lake is a shallow lake in southern Blue Earth County and northern Faribault County, Minnesota, in the Le Sueur River watershed. It lies near the towns of Amboy, Mapleton and Delavan. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency puts its surface area at about 1,300 acres, with a mean depth of about 4.7 feet and a maximum depth of 9 feet. Blue Earth County lists it at 1,263 acres. The lake formed in an irregular deposit of glacial till that left a closed basin, one with no obvious inlet or outlet. Roads and levees have since changed its natural outflow, and the existing outlet was built to reduce flooding at high water. The lake nearly disappeared in the 1920s and 1930s, when much of the lake bed was used as pasture. According to tradition, government surveyors named it after seeing "Lura" carved into a tree near the shore. More about Lura Lake.
Boating rules on Lura Lake
- No motor vehicles, snowmobiles or iceboats on the lake from sunset to sunrise when ice is on the lake (Blue Earth County and Faribault County ordinances) source
Community
Where people who use Lura Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Lura Lake, Daly Park Public Water Access Site · 1.2 mi · Lura Lake
- Lura Lake (E) Public Water Access Site · 1.6 mi · Lura Lake
- Lura Lake, Lura Lake Sports Club Lodge Public Water Access Site · 2.7 mi · Lura Lake
- Bass Lake Public Water Access Site · 4.8 mi · Bass Lake
- Rice Lake, Winnebago Public Water Access Site · 5.6 mi · Rice Lake
- Ida Lake Public Water Access Site · 5.7 mi · Ida Lake
Sources
- Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites record WAS00802 · Public data (MN Geospatial Commons), DNR disclaimer
Why it is listed as public: listed by Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.