Rice Lake, Minnesota

About Rice Lake

Rice Lake, MN is a small town located in northeastern Minnesota counting 4,168 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Rice Lake is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 32.73 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 127 residents per square mile.

📰 Rice Lake News Today

• Duluth, Hermantown, Proctor and Rice Lake asked to cut water use WDIO.com · Aug 4
• Minnesota Power plans new service center in Rice Lake Duluth News Tribune · Mar 23
• Rice Lake delivers outstanding multi-species fishing in Minnesota’s Stearns County Outdoor News · Jul 9
• As wild rice season nears, DNR reminds harvesters to ensure rice is ripe Bemidji Pioneer · Aug 13
• Rice Lake, St. Louis County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Rice Lake Unique

• Positioned in northeastern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Easy reach of Duluth (9 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Rice Lake

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Rice Lake

• Billy's — burger
• Boomtown Woodfire Grill — american
• Sammys Pizza Woodland — pizza
• The Breeze Inn — american
• The Other Place Bar & Grill
• Zen House — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Rice Lake

• Hawk Ridge reviews ★
• Lester Park reviews ★
• Brighton Beach Park reviews ★
• Canosia Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fredenberg Community Park reviews ★
• Rice Lake City Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Rice Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities