What is Meadow Lake (Lake Nolte)???

Posted by Hunter Croan on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 7:11pm.

I have had a lot of people ask me lately about Meadow Lake, so here is another question and answer Blog:

Question:

Hunter this doesn’t look very wide.  Can you run a boat, ski and fish on Meadow Lake? How long  or how big is it?

Answer:

Meadow Lake (also known as Lake Nolte) is smaller than the other area lakes (Lake McQueeney, Lake Dunlap, and Lake Placid) but not by much.  For example, Lake Placid has a capacity of 2624 acre-feet and the pond area is 248 acres and Meadow Lake has a capacity of 1550 acre-feet and the pond area is 153 acres.  I know that is hard to visualize so I went and took a few photos of the lake from the waterfront of my house, see below (sorry it was raining at the time).  This lake does get narrow in spots but there is hardly ever anyone on the lake to get in your way.  This past 4th of July there was 5 boats on the lake including my boat and the Game Warden.  The reason I live on Meadow Lake is because the lake is so calm.  I am a competitive wakeboarder (2003 Colligate Wakeboard National Champion) and I am really picky about my water conditions.  Regardless of what holiday or weekend, you will always find calm water on Meadow Lake. The fisherman love this lake!  This calm low traffic lake has been an attraction to fisherman for years.  The lake might be narrow but it does have plenty of depth (up to 35′).  I would say the average depth is around 20′ deep.  Compare that to Lake McQueeney which has several areas (including the middle of the lake and the main channel) that are less than 5′ deep.  Visit my website soon, I will be updating my blog soon with a Video Tour of Meadow Lake.

If you are on a mobile device, click here for the Meadow Lake Pictures

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