MinnesotaNatural lakePierce County

Lake Pepin

Lake Pepin covers about 25,600 acres of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. Its shoreline falls inside Pierce County. Management is in the hands of USACE St. Paul District.

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CountiesPierce County

Coordinates44.4982, -92.3013

Surface area25,600 acres

Max depth59 ft

RiverMississippi River

Managed byUSACE St. Paul District

Swimming beaches on Lake Pepin

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Lake Pepin on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

Lake Pepin at a glance

Lake Pepin sits at 44.4982, -92.3013. Maximum depth is around 59 feet.

Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed. No public gauge reports the water level at Lake Pepin, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.

The closest lakes in this guide are White Bear Lake (Minnesota, 52 mi), Lake Nokomis (Minnesota, 54 mi) and Bald Eagle Lake (Minnesota, 55 mi). Minnesota has 34 lakes on this site in total.

Shoreline access on lakes like this one is often informal and unsigned. The nearest mapped swimming spot is Cedar Lake East Beach on Bde Maka Ska, roughly 59 miles away. Public datasets record no beach at Lake Pepin, so treat any shoreline access as unmarked and unsupervised.

There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency.