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Lake Pepin

204 m669 ft
Area
104 km²
Max depth
18 m
Tonight
61°FRain showers · Wind 10 mph SE

Lake Pepin is a lake at 204 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 104 km² in area and 36.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
204 m
Length
36.9 km
Shoreline
153.2 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Pepin in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
153.2 km
3D map

Lake Pepin 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Pepin terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Pepin 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 Pepin weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 61°F (16°C) · 28% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph SE

Lake Pepin forecast for about 212 m.

  • Tonight61°28%10 mph SE
  • Sat51°77°22%10–15 mph SSW
  • Sun44°59°28%5 mph N
  • Mon41°52°63%5 mph NE
  • Tue46°57°62%5–10 mph ESE
  • Wed44°64°34%5–10 mph S
  • Thu40°58°19%5 mph WNW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:07 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Pepin

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

  • Nearest parking

    Hwy 61 north of Lake City

    1.1 km SW · +2 more within 1.0 km

  • Nearest campsite

    G0

    3.1 km SSE · +2 more within 3.3 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km WSW
Parking1.0 km WSW
Hwy 61 north of Lake CityParking1.1 km SW
G0Campsite3.1 km SSE
G2Campsite3.2 km SSE
Hok-Si-La Park CampgroundCampsite3.3 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
85.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
12.7%
Steep, 30–45°
2.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
2.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
174 m low point 203 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 37.3%Cropland 30.3%Water 19.5%Grassland 10.8%Built-up 1.8%

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 10 km; 1,415 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bald Eagle126
  • American White Pelican97
  • Turkey Vulture83
  • Eastern Bluebird81
  • Ring-billed Gull79
  • Baltimore Oriole74
Where it sits

Where Lake Pepin sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Pepin 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 2026-08-08)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia