Taft Lake
Taft Lake is in Hennepin, Minnesota. Taft Lake is situated nearby to Taft Park, as well as near the pitch Taft Bike Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 5-8 Club and Lake Nokomis.
5-8 Club
Restaurant
Photo: Jonathunder, GFDL.
The 5-8 Club Tavern & Grill is a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1928 as a speakeasy, the eatery is one of two Minneapolis establishments that claim to have invented the Juicy Lucy cheeseburger in the 1950s, the other being Matt's Bar. 5-8 Club is situated 1,900 feet north of Taft Lake.
Lake Nokomis
Photo: Ryanjcole, Public domain.
Lake Nokomis is one of several lakes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. In 1819, Captain George Gooding named it Lake Amelia in honor of his daughter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windom and Nokomis.
Windom
Neighborhood
The Windom neighborhood is located in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. Its borders are Diamond Lake Road and West 54th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, West 62nd Street to the south, and Lyndale Avenue South and Highway 121 to the west. Windom is situated 1½ miles west of Taft Lake.
Nokomis
Suburb
Nokomis is a defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It takes its name from Lake Nokomis. It comprises eleven smaller neighborhoods. Nokomis neighborhoods fall in Minneapolis City Council wards 8, 11, and 12 and state legislative districts 51A and 63B. Nokomis is situated 2 miles northeast of Taft Lake.
Richfield
Photo: SDHO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Richfield is a suburban city in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. It is an inner-ring suburb just to the south of Minneapolis, which Richfield shares a border with.
Taft Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.89276° or 44° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
-93.25017° or 93° 15′ 1″ westOpen location code
86P8VPVX+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 22928092OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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