Medicine Lake, Minnesota

About Medicine Lake

Medicine Lake, MN is a small town located in eastern Minnesota with an estimated population of 1,343.

Medicine Lake holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.17 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 7,900 residents per square mile.

📰 Medicine Lake News Today

• Dog on the loose after killing dog in Plymouth neighborhood, police say CBS News · Aug 11
• 6525 Medicine Lake Rd, Golden Valley, MN 55427 Realtor.com · Aug 9
• Dream Cabins: Detroit Lakes-area estate on Bad Medicine Lake lists for $7.125 million The Business Journals · Apr 26
• Blue-green algae advisories at Minneapolis beaches - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · Jun 5
• Mark James Veronen Obituary (2026) - Bad Medicine Lake, MN - Jones-Pearson Funeral Home - Park Rapids Legacy obituary · Aug 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Medicine Lake Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.17 sq mi.
• 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.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Plymouth (3 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Medicine Lake

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Medicine Lake

• Blackwater Cafe & Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Chester Bird American Legion — american
• Jet's Pizza — pizza
• Kip's Irish Pub
• Lat14 Asian Eatery — asian
• Samarkand Restaurant — uzbek
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Thai Table — thai
• BLVD
• Caribou Coffee — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Medicine Lake

• East Medicine Lake Park reviews ★
• General Mills Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• General Mills Research Nature Area reviews ★
• Golden Ridge Nature Area reviews ★
• Hemlock Park reviews ★
• Jaycee Park reviews ★
• Jevne Park reviews ★
• Kilmer Park reviews ★
• Knollway Park reviews ★
• LaCompte Green Playfield reviews ★
• Lakeview Park reviews ★
• Medley Park reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Medicine Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities