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Medicine Lake

271 m889 ft
Area
3.66 km²
Tonight
62°FCloudy · Wind 15 mph SSE

Medicine Lake is a lake at 271 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 3.66 km² in area and 3.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
271 m
Length
3.8 km
Shoreline
13.8 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Medicine Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.8 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
13.8 km≈3½ h to walk around
3D map

Medicine Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.8 × 5.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Medicine 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

Medicine Lake 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

Medicine Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 62°F (17°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph SSE

Medicine Lake forecast for about 283 m.

  • Tonight62°5%15 mph SSE
  • Sat46°75°57%10–15 mph SW
  • Sun42°54°42%5 mph N
  • Mon40°49°67%5–10 mph NE
  • Tue45°54°63%10 mph E
  • Wed43°61°42%5–10 mph S
  • Thu40°55°15%5–10 mph WNW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:57 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Medicine Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km WSW
Parking0.9 km WSW
Parking1.0 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.8 × 5.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 34 km² view
Relief in view
41 m low point 269 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.5%Built-up 24.2%Grassland 13.5%Water 10.3%Wetland 0.8%

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 2.9 km; 907 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard86
  • Garlic mustard69
  • Common buckthorn53
  • American Toad50
  • Dryad's Saddle49
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee47
Where it sits

Where Medicine Lake sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Medicine 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 2026-09-10)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia