Snelling Lake
Snelling Lake is in Hennepin, Minnesota. Snelling Lake is situated nearby to the village Mendota, as well as near the neighborhood Morris Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Snelling and Mendota Bridge.
Fort Snelling
Protected area
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.
Mendota Bridge
Bridge
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights.
Fort Snelling
Railway station
Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.
Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the US state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendota and Bdóte.
Mendota
Village
Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.
Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world.
Bdóte
Locality
Bdóte is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds Park, and surrounding areas in present-day Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Bdóte is situated 2 miles northeast of Snelling Lake.
Mendota Heights
Town
Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.
Mendota Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census. Mendota Heights is situated 2½ miles east of Snelling Lake.
Snelling Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “G I Lake”, “Government Lake”, “Gun Club Lake Gunclub Lake”, and “Soldiers Lake”
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.88086° or 44° 52′ 51″ northLongitude
-93.18698° or 93° 11′ 13″ westElevation
696 feet (212 metres)Open location code
86P8VRJ7+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 55770125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
5047728
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