
Lake Pepin
- 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
Lake Pepin in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 153.2 km
Lake Pepin 3D map
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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.
Lake Pepin elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
G0
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.0 km WSW |
| Hwy 61 north of Lake CityParking | 1.1 km SW |
| G0Campsite | 3.1 km SSE |
| G2Campsite | 3.2 km SSE |
| Hok-Si-La Park CampgroundCampsite | 3.3 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 174 m low point 203 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
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 Lake Pepin sits
- Region
- Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Nokomis↑87 km WNW
Lake Harriet↑92 km WNW
Lake Wissota↑93 km ENE
Bde Maka SkaLake · 260 m↑94 km WNW
Lake of the Isles↑94 km WNW
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Lake Pepin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)