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Lake Winnibigoshish

396 m1,299 ft
Area
224 km²
Tonight
57°FRain showers · Wind 15 mph S

Lake Winnibigoshish is a lake at 396 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 224 km² in area and 22.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
396 m
Length
22.0 km
Shoreline
86.7 km
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Lake

Lake Winnibigoshish in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

22.0 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
86.7 km
3D map

Lake Winnibigoshish 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 Winnibigoshish 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 Winnibigoshish elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Winnibigoshish weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 57°F (14°C) · 38% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph S

Lake Winnibigoshish forecast for about 397 m.

  • Tonight57°38%15 mph S
  • Sat34°65°39%5–15 mph SW
  • Sun29°49°–5 mph NW
  • Mon29°45°22%0–5 mph NE
  • Tue36°48°35%5 mph E
  • Wed34°54°43%5 mph S
  • Thu31°49°15%5–10 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Winnibigoshish

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Tamarack Point _USFSCampsite4.5 km E
Parking7.7 km N
Slope

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°
99.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
39 m low point 390 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 53.6%Trees 36.6%Grassland 7.5%Wetland 1.9%

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; 166 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch14
  • American Redstart5
  • American Red Squirrel5
  • Northern Leopard Frog5
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker4
  • Monarch4
Where it sits

Where Lake Winnibigoshish sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Winnibigoshish 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 2026-08-01)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia