Elbow Lake, Minnesota

About Elbow Lake

Elbow Lake, MN is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern Minnesota.

Officially, Elbow Lake is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.34 square miles.

📰 Elbow Lake News Today

• Elbow Lake, Becker County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 25
• Grant County Sheriff Addresses Heavy Law Enforcement Activity in Elbow Lake Fergus Now · Apr 18
• Lois Mickelsen Obituary Apr 3, 2026 - Erickson-Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service Erickson-Smith Funeral Home & Cremation Service · Apr 3
• Years of alleged sexual abuse lead to felony charges against Elbow Lake man Valley News Live · Jun 18
• Water Tower Wednesday: Elbow Lake 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS · Apr 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Elbow Lake Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern 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 12 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Elbow Lake

• Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site reviews ★
• City Park reviews ★
• Frellsen Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Gardner Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Glanders Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Little Bass Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Little Rock Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Long Lost Lake South Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Long Lost Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Pickerel Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Stassen Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Tamarac Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Elbow Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities