Lake Harriet

Lake Harriet is a lake in southwest Minneapolis, south of and north of . The lake is surrounded by parkland as part of Minneapolis’ Chain of Lakes. The lake has an area of 335 acres and a maximum depth of 85 feet.
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Photo: Baseball Bugs, Public domain.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  • Also known as: “Harriet Lake” and “Mde Unma”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary and Linden Hills Library.

Nature reserve
Photo: Jlundell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is situated within , a city park on the northeast side of Lake Harriet and part of Minneapolis’ Chain of Lakes Regional Park.

Library
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a public library in the neighborhood of southwest , , United States. The branch library originally opened in 1911 on the first floor of the Lake Harriet Commercial Club building.

Park
Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.
is a city park on the northeast side of Lake Harriet. It is next to , southeast of . It is part of an enormous greenspace circling through Minneapolis called the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, and is one of the seven districts within, called the Chain of Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwest Minneapolis and Linden Hills.

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district in . It includes Uptown, Lyn-Lake, the Wedge, Eat Street, Linden Hills, the popular Chain of Lakes, and other areas.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the community of on a hill overlooking Lake Harriet. It was one of the last areas to be developed in the City of Minneapolis.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are 46th Street to the north, Lyndale Avenue to the east, 54th Street to the south, and Penn Avenue to the west.

Lake Harriet

Latitude
44.92199° or 44° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
-93.30541° or 93° 18′ 20″ west
Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)
Open location code
86P8WMCV+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22928094
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
5029400
Wiki­data ID
Q4496056
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Harriet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Harriet” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة هاريت، مينيابولس”
  • Chinese: “哈里埃特湖”
  • French: “Lake Harriet”
  • Hebrew: “אגם הארייט”
  • Persian: “دریاچه هریت”
  • Russian: “Харриет (озеро)”
  • Russian: “Харриет”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Harriet”
  • “Harriet”

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