THE LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Peatlands setting.
Lake of the Woods County has 1,297.7 square miles of land in Minnesota. The mapped landscape region in Lake of the Woods County is Peatlands.
Former glacial lake basins form nearly level terrain with extensive wetlands and boreal vegetation. Marsh, swamp and forest patterns are central to this northern Minnesota landscape.
Regional context: Northern Minnesota Wetlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Lake of the Woods County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lake of the Woods County, including Baudette, Angle Inlet, Roosevelt. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lake of the Woods County by land and water
The Census records 482.2 square miles of water within Lake of the Woods County, or 27.1% of its total area. That share is close to Lake of the Woods County’s 27.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake of the Woods County has 1,329.6 times the land area of nearby Williams city (0.98 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Roseau County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

