Carter Lake

Carter Lake is a shallow oxbow lake in and , located next to Omaha, and marks one of the only spots the Iowa-Nebraska border is not on the Missouri River.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in United States of America
  • Also known as: Cutoff Lake

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eppley Airfield and USS Hazard.

Aerodrome
, also known as Omaha Airport, is an airport in the midwestern United States, located three miles northeast of downtown .

Museum
Photo: Oldfarm, Public domain.
is an Admirable-class minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during World War II. is situated 2 miles southeast of Carter Lake.

Park
is an urban public park located at 1920 Pinkney Street in the Kountze Place neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, in the . The Park is historically significant as the site of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carter Lake and Omaha.

Town
is a city in Pottawattamie County, , United States. A suburb of , it sits surrounding the south and west sides of the region's major airport, .

is the largest city in the US state of , with about 486,000 residents in 2020. Tourist attractions in include history, sports, outdoors and cultural experiences.

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
is a city in , just across the Missouri River from . It is known for its casinos and ties to the transcontinental railroad. It is sometimes called "Iowa's Leading Edge."…

Carter Lake

Latitude
41.30208° or 41° 18′ 8″ north
Longitude
-95.91649° or 95° 54′ 59″ west
Elevation
965 feet (294 metres)
Open location code
86H6832M+RC
Geo­Names ID
5065254
Wiki­data ID
Q5047186
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Carter Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Carter Lake
  • French: Carter Lake
  • Turkish: Carter Gölü (Iowa-Nebraska)
  • Turkish: Carter Gölü

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Garden Valley Courts and East Omaha.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Levi Carter Park and Sherman Elementary School.

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