Lake Pepin
Lake Pepin is a naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River on the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is located in a valley carved by the outflow of an enormous glacial lake at the end of the last Ice Age.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: natural lake on the Mississippi River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “Lake of Tears”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frontenac State Park.
Frontenac State Park
Nature reserve
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Frontenac State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River 10 miles southeast of Red Wing. The park is notable both for its history and for its birdwatching opportunities. Frontenac State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lake Pepin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maiden Rock and Warrentown.
Maiden Rock
Village
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Maiden Rock is a village in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 115 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Maiden Rock.
Warrentown
Hamlet
Maiden Rock is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 589 at the 2000 census. The Village of Maiden Rock is located within the town. Warrentown is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lake Pepin.
Frontenac
Village
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Frontenac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Florence Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 249. Frontenac is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lake Pepin.
Lake Pepin
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pierce, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Pepin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة بيبين، ليك سيتي”
- Azerbaijani: “Pepin gölü”
- Basque: “Pepin aintzira”
- Bulgarian: “Пепин (езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Пепин”
- Catalan: “Llac Pepin”
- Chinese: “丕平湖”
- Chinese: “佩平湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Pepin”
- French: “Lac Pepin”
- French: “lac Pépin”
- French: “Lac Pépin”
- German: “Lake Pepin”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Pepin”
- Hebrew: “אגם פפין”
- Polish: “Jezioro Pepin”
- Polish: “Pepin”
- Russian: “Пепин”
- Spanish: “Lago Pepin”
- Turkish: “Pepin Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Pepin”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Pepin”. Photo: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0.