Lake Bemidji
Lake Bemidji is a small glacially-formed lake, approximately 11 square miles in area, in northern Minnesota in the United States. Located less than 50 miles downstream from the source of the Mississippi River, it both receives and is drained by the Mississippi, and is the northernmost point on the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Lac Travers”, “Lac Traverse”, “Lake Pemidje-gumaug”, “Pamitchi Gumaug”, and “Pemidji Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Bemidji State Park.
Lake Bemidji State Park
Park
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Lake Bemidji State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the north shore of 6,765-acre Lake Bemidji. The northern half of the park preserves a spruce-tamarack bog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bemidji.
Bemidji
Photo: Matthew Stinar, CC BY 2.0.
Bemidji is a city in and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2022 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,946, making it the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth.
Lake Bemidji
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Beltrami, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.5033° or 47° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-94.84776° or 94° 50′ 52″ westElevation
1,342 feet (409 metres)Open location code
86V7G532+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 57947531OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5017825Wikidata ID
Q1800862
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Bemidji from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Bemidji” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة بيميدجي، بيلترامي”
- Dutch: “Lake Bemidji”
- French: “lac Bemidji”
- French: “Lac Bemidji”
- German: “Lake Bemidji”
- Romanian: “Lacul Bemidji”
- Welsh: “Llyn Bemidji”
- “Bemidji”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lavinia and Birchmont.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Cameron Park.
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