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Lake Nokomis

248 m814 ft
Area
0.83 km²
Tonight
62°FCloudy · Wind 10–15 mph SSE

Lake Nokomis is a lake at 248 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 0.83 km² in area and 1.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
248 m
Length
1.6 km
Shoreline
4.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Nokomis in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.6 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.5 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Lake Nokomis 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 Nokomis terrain and contours

1 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 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Nokomis 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 Nokomis weather

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

Lake Nokomis forecast for about 258 m.

  • Tonight62°6%10–15 mph SSE
  • Sat48°76°50%10–15 mph SW
  • Sun43°55°39%5 mph N
  • Mon41°49°68%5–10 mph NE
  • Tue46°55°63%10 mph E
  • Wed44°61°41%5–10 mph S
  • Thu41°56°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 Nokomis

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NNW
Parking0.5 km ESE
Parking0.5 km E
Mendota Heights TrailheadTrailhead7.2 km SE
Slope

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°
99.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
22 m low point 246 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 46.9%Built-up 27.6%Grassland 17.3%Water 6.7%Cropland 0.8%Wetland 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 2 km; 1,287 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee330
  • Mallard182
  • Monarch116
  • Asian Lady Beetle112
  • American Robin106
  • Song Sparrow99
Where it sits

Where Lake Nokomis sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Nokomis 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