Long Lake in New Brighton is 172 acres with about four miles of shoreline, and almost all of it is already spoken for. Lots here are typically a standard residential width with a house sitting close to the water. That's the norm on a lake this size inside the 694 loop.
2205 Long Lake Road is not that.
Nearly two acres, 1.98 to be exact, with more than 150 feet of frontage. On a lake where most owners are counting their frontage in the 60 to 80 foot range, that's a different category of property, and it's the reason this one is worth paying attention to before it goes active.
What's on the lot
A single level home, 4,122 square feet, sprawling rather than stacked. Mature landscaping frames the property from the driveway in, with paver walkways running through established trees and layered beds. Four-car attached garage.
The kitchen has been fully renovated. Fourteen foot granite island, custom cherry cabinetry, and a full wall of glass facing the water. It opens directly into a vaulted living room with exposed wood beams built around a stone fireplace, and the lake is in view from nearly every seat in it.
Two bedrooms and two baths still carry the home's original finishes and built-in cabinetry. I'd rather say that plainly than dress it up. They're period rooms with good bones, and the next owner gets to decide what they become. The primary suite has a walk-in dressing area.
There's also expansion built into the structure. A builder has looked at it and believes the roof over the west side could be raised to add a stairway, a third and fourth bedroom, and another bath. That's a builder's read, not a permitted plan, and anyone serious should run their own numbers. But the option is real and on a lot this size it's worth knowing about.
Toward the water
A paver patio with a built-in fire table steps down into a large, park-like sitting area running to the shoreline.
Two outbuildings come with it, an oversized one near the house and a shed down by the water. Storage is the thing lake properties almost never have enough of, and this one has more than most. If you own on a lake you already know why that matters in October.
Mounds View School District.
About Long Lake
If you don't know this lake, here's the short version.
Long Lake covers 172 acres and runs about 30 feet at its deepest. It's split into two basins, north and south, with Rice Creek running through the northern one. That creek connection is the reason you'll occasionally pull a fish out of here that belongs in a river system.
The DNR stocks 110,000 walleye fry annually and manages walleye as the primary species. The lake also holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskie, channel catfish, crappie, bluegill, and perch.
Long Lake Regional Park runs along the eastern shore, with a swimming beach, fishing pier, boat launch, paved trails, and picnic grounds. There's a second public access and fishing pier at the New Brighton city park on the south end.
Like most metro lakes, Long Lake has Eurasian watermilfoil and zebra mussels present. That's standard for this part of the state and worth knowing rather than discovering.
651.263.9480.
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