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Leech Lake

395 m1,296 ft
Area
415 km²
Max depth
46 m
Tonight
57°FRain showers · Wind 20–25 mph S

Leech Lake is a lake at 395 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 415 km² in area and 37.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
395 m
Length
37.9 km
Shoreline
346.9 km
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Lake

Leech Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
346.9 km
3D map

Leech Lake 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

Leech Lake 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

Leech Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Leech Lake weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 57°F (14°C) · 17% chance of precipitation · Wind 20–25 mph S

Leech Lake forecast for about 396 m.

  • Tonight57°17%20–25 mph S
  • Sat35°64°40%10–20 mph SW
  • Sun31°49°1%5 mph NW
  • Mon30°45°25%5 mph NE
  • Tue37°48°38%5–10 mph E
  • Wed35°54°41%10 mph S
  • Thu32°49°15%5–15 mph NW

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Leech Lake

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

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Stony Point CampgroundCampsite7.4 km WSW
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°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
38 m low point 392 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 61.6%Trees 25.5%Grassland 10.6%Wetland 1.5%

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; 220 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth7
  • American White Pelican5
  • Red baneberry5
  • Purple pitcher plant4
  • Virginia waterleaf4
  • Swamp milkweed4
Where it sits

Where Leech Lake sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Leech Lake 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 2026-08-31)
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