THE OTTER TAIL PENINSULA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chippewa Plains setting.
Otter Tail Peninsula township has 64.6 square miles of land in Cass County. Its Census reference point is in Chippewa Plains, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Otter Tail Peninsula and Cass County
Otter Tail Peninsula is associated with Cass County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Otter Tail Peninsula by land and water
The Census records 10.6 square miles of water within Otter Tail Peninsula, or 14.1% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points lower than the 16.3% recorded for Cass County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Otter Tail Peninsula township has 128 times the land area of nearby Bena city (0.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.