Shetek Lake (SW) Public Water Access Site

On Lake Shetek

Lake Shetek is a shallow glacial lake in Murray County, Minnesota. It is the largest lake in southwestern Minnesota and the headwaters of the West Fork of the Des Moines River. The Minnesota DNR gives its area as 3,596 acres, with a maximum depth of 10 feet and nearly 32 miles of shoreline. The lake sits on the Altamont Moraine, a few miles north-northwest of Currie. It formed when sediment and slumping banks partly dammed a glacial meltwater channel. The state Game and Fish Department built a dam to stabilize the water level in the mid-1920s. The lake was raised another 18 inches in the 1930s, and the dam was improved in 1966 and 1995. Keeley, Loon and Valhalla islands are linked to shore by causeways built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Lake Shetek State Park lines the eastern shore. More about Lake Shetek.

Boating rules on Lake Shetek

• Slow-no-wake zone in Valhalla Bay source
• Slow-no-wake speed within 150 feet of shore during high water (1,483.1 feet at Currie Dam) source
• Slow-no-wake speed within 150 feet of the bridge on the second dike of Lake Shetek and the bridge connecting Lake Shetek and Bloody Lake source
• 150-foot no-ski zone along the shore source
• Aerated lake: stay outside standard thin-ice signs source
• Zebra-mussel-infested water; Minnesota law requires cleaning watercraft and trailers, draining equipment with plugs out during transport, and drying docks and lifts for 21 days before moving them source

Community

Where people who use Lake Shetek talk about it.

• Shetek Area Lakes Association (SALA) Association
• Friends of Lake Shetek State Park (Parks & Trails Council) Association
• Minnesota DNR LakeFinder: Shetek Agency
• Lake Shetek State Park - Minnesota DNR Agency
• Lake Shetek - FishingMinnesota SW Minnesota fishing reports forum Forum
• Lake Shetek at Currie, MN - USGS water data Link
• Search Reddit: r/minnesota Reddit
• Search all of Reddit for Lake Shetek, Minnesota Reddit

Nearby launches

• Shetek Lake Marsh's Landing Public Water Access Site · 1.4 mi · Lake Shetek
• Shetek Lake, Keeley Island Public Water Access Site · 1.5 mi · Lake Shetek
• Shetek Lake (E) Public Water Access Site · 1.6 mi · Lake Shetek
• Shetek Lake, Lake Shetek SPK Public Water Access Site · 1.8 mi · Lake Shetek
• Shetek Lake, Armstrong Bay Public Water Access Site · 3.7 mi · Armstrong Slough
• Bloody Lake Public Water Access Site · 4.3 mi · Bloody Lake