Snelling Lake

Snelling Lake is a lake 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

Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highways 55 and 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. It is the final bridge over the Minnesota River before the Minnesota flows into the Mississippi River at the "Meeting of the waters" or "Mendota" in the Dakota language.

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.

Highland Park

Suburb

Photo: RxS, Public domain.

Highland Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern corner of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Also known as Highland District Council, it lies along the Mississippi River just north of Fort Snelling and across the river from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.

Snelling Lake

Type: Lake
Also known as: “G I Lake”, “Government Lake”, “Gun Club Lake Gunclub Lake”, and “Soldiers Lake”
Category: body of water
Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.88086° or 44° 52′ 51″ north

Longitude

-93.18705° or 93° 11′ 13″ west

Elevation

696 feet (212 metres)

Open location code

86P8VRJ7+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55770125

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5047728

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