Lake Mendota
Lake Mendota is a freshwater eutrophic lake that is the northernmost and largest of the four lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. The lake borders Madison on the north, east, and south, Middleton on the west, Shorewood Hills on the southwest, Maple Bluff on the northeast, and Westport on the northwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as: “Fourth Lake” and “Lake Mendota 254”
Places of Interest
Highlights include UW Health University Hospital and Mendota Mental Health Institute.
UW Health University Hospital
Hospital
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UW Health University Hospital is a 614-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin. UW Health University Hospital is situated 2 miles south of Lake Mendota.
Mendota Mental Health Institute
Hospital
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Mendota Mental Health Institute is a public psychiatric hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, operated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Mendota Mental Health Institute is situated 2 miles northeast of Lake Mendota.
Washburn Observatory
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The Washburn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at 1401 Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Washburn Observatory is situated 2 miles south of Lake Mendota.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shorewood Hills and Maple Bluff.
Shorewood Hills
Village
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Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 2,169 at the 2020 census. Entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and Lake Mendota, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shorewood Hills is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lake Mendota.
Maple Bluff
Village
Maple Bluff is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Madison located on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota and is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Maple Bluff is situated 2½ miles east of Lake Mendota.
Madison
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Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is situated on an isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. As the anchor of the Greater Madison Area, it is home to the University of Wisconsin — Madison, one of the premier universities in the United States.
Lake Mendota
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dane, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Mendota from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Mendota” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Mendota (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Wisconsin)”
- Cebuano: “Lake Mendota”
- Chinese: “門多塔湖”
- Chinese: “门多塔湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Mendota”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ميندوتا”
- French: “lac Mendota”
- French: “Lac Mendota”
- German: “Lake Mendota”
- Piemontese: “Lagh Mendota”
- Slovenian: “jezero Mendota”
- Slovenian: “Lake Mendota”
- Ukrainian: “озеро Мендота”
- Welsh: “Llyn Mendota”
- “Mendota”
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