Lake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods: access and conditions

Its coordinates are 49.0903, -95.2389. It lies at roughly 1,056 feet of elevation. The deepest point on record is about 210 feet.

The closest lakes in this guide are Upper Red Lake (Minnesota, 71 mi), Lake Bemidji (Minnesota, 113 mi) and Lake Winnibigoshish (Minnesota, 123 mi). In all, 34 lakes in Minnesota are covered here.

Lake of the Woods has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities. County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record.

Readings come from station 05140520 (LAKE OF THE WOODS AT WARROAD, MN). Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 58.03 ft and 59.89 ft (low on 2026-03-08, high on 2026-06-21). The last value stored here, 58.75 ft, is from 2026-09-09. When the pool drops, shoreline beaches grow and shallow ramps can run out of concrete.

No public sensor reports water temperature at Lake of the Woods, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here.