Long Lake

Long Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Long Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Long Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.68981, -95.31836. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Long Lake

• Wood Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~21 km · Must-see
• Tyson Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~23 km · Must-see
• Fagen Fighters WWII Museum · museum · Yellow Medicine · ~25 km · Must-see
• Andrew John Volstead House · sanctuary · Yellow Medicine · ~27 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Machinery Museum · museum · Yellow Medicine · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lady Slipper Lake · lake · Lyon · ~35 km · Must-see
• School Grove Lake · lake · Redwood · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tiger Lake Wildlife Management Area, Hansen, Sperl & Stancer Tracts · lake · Renville · ~35 km · Must-see
• Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~43 km · Must-see
• Camp Release State Monument · sanctuary · Chippewa · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Lillian · lake · Kandiyohi · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Marshall · lake · Lyon · ~59 km · Must-see
• Big Kandiyohi Lake County Park East · lake · Kandiyohi · ~60 km · Must-see
• Foot Lake · lake · Kandiyohi · ~67 km · Must-see
• Fort Ridgely State Park · fort · Nicollet · ~67 km · Must-see
• Kasota Lake · lake · Kandiyohi · ~68 km · Must-see
• Thompson Lake · lake · Meeker · ~68 km · Must-see
• Willmar WarHawks · lake · Kandiyohi · ~70 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Long Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Long Lake

• Wood Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~21 km · Must-see
• Tyson Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lady Slipper Lake · lake · Lyon · ~35 km · Must-see
• School Grove Lake · lake · Redwood · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tiger Lake Wildlife Management Area, Hansen, Sperl & Stancer Tracts · lake · Renville · ~35 km · Must-see
• Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lake Lillian · lake · Kandiyohi · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Marshall · lake · Lyon · ~59 km · Must-see
• Big Kandiyohi Lake County Park East · lake · Kandiyohi · ~60 km · Must-see
• Foot Lake · lake · Kandiyohi · ~67 km · Must-see

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