Lake Calhoun
Bde Maka Ska is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking trails, it is popular for many outdoor activities.Photo: Tylervigen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Also known as: “Bde Maka Ska”, “Bde Makaska”, “Calhoun Lake”, “Lake Medoza”, “Lake Mendoza”, “Mde Maka Ska”, “Mde Makaska”, “Mde Med’oza”, and “Mde Medoza”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Bakken and Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
The Bakken
Museum
Photo: Pborreson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bakken Museum is a museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Bakken was founded in 1975 by Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic, and includes exhibits on science, technology, and the humanities.
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Buddhist temple
Photo: SusanLesch, CC0.
The Minnesota Zen Meditation Center is an urban, non-residential, Sōtō Zen practice community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since 2019, MZMC has been led by two co-guiding Dharma teachers, Tim Burkett and Ted O'Toole.
Seven Points
Shopping center
Seven Points is an indoor shopping mall opened on February 15, 1984, at the southeast corner of Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street, the main intersection of the Uptown district of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Bde Maka Ska and West Maka Ska.
East Bde Maka Ska
Neighborhood
East Bde Maka Ska is a neighborhood within the Bde Maka Ska-Isles community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. It was known as East Calhoun prior to August 2021.
West Maka Ska
Neighborhood
West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into Downtown Minneapolis until about the 1910s.
Uptown
Quarter
Photo: RxS, Public domain.
Uptown is a commercial district in southwestern Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota, that is centered at the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street.
Lake Calhoun
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Calhoun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lake Calhoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كالهون، مينيابولس”
- Chinese: “卡尔洪湖”
- Chinese: “卡爾洪湖”
- Chinese: “卡爾霍恩湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Calhoun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كالهون, مينيابولس”
- French: “lac Calhoun”
- French: “Lac Calhoun”
- German: “Bde Maka Ska”
- German: “Lake Calhoun”
- Persian: “دریاچه کالهون”
- Russian: “Бде-Мака-Ска”
- Russian: “Калхаун (озеро)”
- Spanish: “Lago Calhoun”
- Urdu: “لیک کالہون”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Calhoun Beach and Wolfe Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beard’s Plaisance and Calhoun Village Shopping Center.
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