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Cass Lake

397 m1,302 ft
Area
83 km²
Tonight
56°FRain showers · Wind 15–20 mph S

Cass Lake is a lake at 397 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 83 km² in area and 16.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
397 m
Length
16.4 km
Shoreline
87.9 km
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Lake

Cass Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

16.4 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
87.9 km
3D map

Cass Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18.4 × 18.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cass Lake terrain and contours

2 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cass Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Cass Lake weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 56°F (13°C) · 21% chance of precipitation · Wind 15–20 mph S

Cass Lake forecast for about 393 m.

  • Tonight56°21%15–20 mph S
  • Sat33°64°35%10–15 mph SW
  • Sun29°49°–5 mph NW
  • Mon29°45°23%5 mph NE
  • Tue36°48°35%5 mph E
  • Wed33°54°39%5–10 mph S
  • Thu30°49°15%5–10 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cass Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cass Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Camp UniStarCampsite1.5 km NW
Wanaki Campground LoopCampsite4.2 km SSE
Cass Lake Campground LoopCampsite4.3 km S
Parking4.6 km SSE
Caravan site5.1 km SSW
Parking5.4 km NE
Parking5.6 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 18.4 × 18.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 339 km² view
Relief in view
42 m low point 396 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.6%Water 29.6%Grassland 10.1%Built-up 1.1%Wetland 1.0%Cropland 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.2 km; 612 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Ghost Pipe21
  • Common Merganser13
  • White campion12
  • Common Loon11
  • Tricolored Bumble Bee11
  • Bald Eagle10
Where it sits

Where Cass Lake sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Cass Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia