Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Minnesota
• Level 2: Murray County
• Level 3: Township of Shetek

Current local time in The Lakes:

10:35 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

The Lakes on map:^[1]

The Lakes GPS coordinates^[2]

44° 8' 17.844" North, 95° 39' 55.044" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	44.64074°,	-96.36842°
Center:	44.13829°,	-95.66529°
Lower-right:	43.63153°,	-94.96217°
Map W x H:	112.2×112.2 km	= 69.7×69.7mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑11% North
The Lakes:	44.13829°
min Lat:	⇓89% South 19.06759°

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min Long	The Lakes	max Long
-171.73463°	-95.66529°	-66.98998°
W 27.3%⇐		⇒72.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of The Lakes is 459 m = 1506 ft, and this is 164.2 m = 539 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	13.3%
The Lakes	459 m 1506 ft
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	86.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

The Lakes is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2301.8 km =1430.3 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from The Lakes
North Pole	5099.3	3168.6	to North
Arctic Circle	2493.5	1549.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	2301.8	1430.3	to South
Equator	4907.7	3049.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around The Lakes: (largest is in red/bold)

• Balaton 19.6 km =12.2 mi, 302°
• Cottonwood 52.3 km =32.5 mi, 359°
• Edgerton 47.4 km =29.5 mi, 231°
• Fulda 30.2 km =18.8 mi, 170°
• Heron Lake 47.1 km =29.3 mi, 144°
• Lake Benton 51.4 km =31.9 mi, 285°
• Lamberton 33.6 km =20.9 mi, 72°
• Marshall 35.7 km =22.2 mi, 344°
• Minneota 53.2 km =33.1 mi, 331°
• Slayton 18.2 km =11.3 mi, 203°
• Tracy 11.2 km =7 mi, 19°
• Tyler 40.5 km =25.2 mi, 292°
• Wabasso 43.8 km =27.2 mi, 48°
• Walnut Grove 18.2 km =11.3 mi, 58°
• Westbrook 21.2 km =13.2 mi, 120°