Gem Lake, Minnesota

About Gem Lake

Gem Lake, MN is a tiny community located in eastern Minnesota with an estimated population of 515.

Officially, Gem Lake is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.04 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 495 residents per square mile.

📰 Gem Lake News Today

• Gem Lake, Minnesota Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 16
• Gem Lake, MN Weather Radar AccuWeather · Sep 12
• Contaminated Drinking Water Discovered in Andover, Gem Lake, Minnesota waterworld.com · Sep 27
• Charles Granlund Obituary - Woodbury, MN Dignity Memorial · Oct 14
• Residents on bottled water after new round of well sampling presspubs.com · Sep 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Gem Lake Unique

• The only place in America named Gem Lake — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in eastern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Gem Lake

• Carbone’s Pizza — italian pizza
• Cafe Cravings (café)
• Caribou Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• King's City — chinese
• SAKs — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gem Lake

• Apple Tree Park reviews ★
• Fox Meadow Park reviews ★
• Polar Lakes Park reviews ★
• Rotary Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Tamarack Nature Center · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Tamarack Nature Preserve reviews ★
• Wolters Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Gem Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities