Lake Mendota – Lake in Dane, Wisconsin

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1569337

Location

State Wisconsin

County Dane

Feature Class Lake

Coordinates

DMS

43°06'18"N 89°25'12"W

Decimal Degrees

43.1049997, -89.4199365

Elevation

849.74 ft (259.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Madison West

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

College Hills

2.1 mi SSW

Also Known As

Fourth Lake Lake Mendota 254

Hydrography

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Description

9781 acres in size with a maximum depth of 83 feet.

Nearby Features

Second Point Cape · 1.1 mi SW
Picnic Point Cape · 1.1 mi S
Second Point Woods Woods · 1.1 mi SSW
Caretaker Woods Woods · 1.2 mi SSW
Biocore Prairie Area · 1.2 mi SSW
Picnic Point Marsh Swamp · 1.3 mi S
North Shore Woods Woods · 1.4 mi SW
Bill's Woods Woods · 1.5 mi SSW
University Bay Bay · 1.6 mi S
Governors Island Island · 1.6 mi NE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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