Located within Avon are three Spunk Lakes which feature a public beach and public water accesses.  Five other lakes are nearby, each providing plentiful opportunitites for fishing, swimming, boating and just plain old relaxing.  Stearns County also offers information on lakes and parks around Avon. www.co.stearns.mn.us/maps/upper_spunk_lake.pdf  

You can also visit the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website www.dnr.state.mn.us

Avon Area Lakes Association aala@minnesotawaters.org members working together to preserve and enrich Avon area lakes, and their adjoining wetlands, lake sheds, and ecosystems.  AALA holds their regular meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 at Avon City hall.  Anyone interested in issues concerning our local lakes are encouraged to attend a meeting.

The link below has a very useful tool called "Lakefinder".  With this tool you are able to type in the name of any local lake and Lakefinder will supply various information such as lake sizes, depths, types of fish, etc.   www.mnlakes.org/aala

The odor of water is a physical indicator of water pollution and can tell us many things.  If there is:

--No odor the water probably is in good condition;

--A sewage smell may indicate the release of human waste material or livestock manure flow from an upstream feedlot.  if you smell manure or rotten eggs do not enter the water;

--A chlorine smell may indicate that a sewage plant is over chlorinating its effluent;

--A fishy smell may indicate the presence of excessive algae growth or dead fish;

--A rotten egg smell may indicate muck soils or sewage/manure pollution;

--A petroleum smell may indicate an oil spill from boats, land or storm drains.