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Lake Traverse

298 m978 ft
Area
44 km²
Tonight
56°FPartly cloudy · Wind 13–24 mph SSE

Lake Traverse is a lake at 298 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 44 km² in area and 26.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
298 m
Length
26.6 km
Shoreline
84.8 km
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Lake

Lake Traverse in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
84.8 km
3D map

Lake Traverse 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 Traverse 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 Traverse 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 Traverse weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 56°F (13°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 13–24 mph SSE

Lake Traverse forecast for about 297 m.

  • Tonight56°6%13–24 mph SSE
  • Sat35°62°31%12–20 mph W
  • Sun34°51°29%2–6 mph NNW
  • Mon32°47°46%6–9 mph NE
  • Tue37°52°44%8 mph E
  • Wed34°58°26%9–16 mph SSW
  • Thu32°53°7%9 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Traverse

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking5.9 km SSW
Parking7.7 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 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 400 km² view
Relief in view
52 m low point 296 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 63.0%Grassland 19.4%Water 11.4%Trees 4.5%Wetland 1.0%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Traverse sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Traverse 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 2026-07-20)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia