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Lake Harriet

258 m846 ft
Area
1.38 km²
Max depth
26 m
Tonight
62°FCloudy · Wind 10–15 mph SSE

Lake Harriet is a lake at 258 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 1.38 km² in area and 1.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
258 m
Length
1.5 km
Shoreline
4.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Harriet in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.5 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.4 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Lake Harriet 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Harriet 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

Lake Harriet 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

Lake Harriet weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 62°F (17°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph SSE

Lake Harriet forecast for about 262 m.

  • Tonight62°6%10–15 mph SSE
  • Sat48°75°50%10–15 mph SW
  • Sun43°54°40%5 mph N
  • Mon41°49°68%5–10 mph NE
  • Tue46°55°63%10 mph E
  • Wed44°61°41%5–10 mph S
  • Thu41°55°16%5–10 mph WNW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:57 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Harriet

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km WNW
Parking0.7 km W
Parking0.7 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
43 m low point 252 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 59.3%Built-up 21.3%Water 12.1%Grassland 7.2%

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 2 km; 1,493 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Virginia waterleaf386
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee274
  • Mallard188
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee149
  • White-tailed Deer129
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee129
Where it sits

Where Lake Harriet sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Harriet 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 2026-09-10)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia