Ottertail, Minnesota

About Ottertail

Ottertail is a tiny community in northwestern Minnesota, home to 721 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Ottertail holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.28 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 168 residents per square mile.

📰 Ottertail News Today

• In Minnesota town of 700, a solution to vexing child care problem came from within Star Tribune · Jun 14
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Ottertail, Minnesota - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 20
• Ottertail, MN Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 17
• Flash flooding and storms roll through northern Minnesota kare11.com · Sep 7
• Nelson launches Minnesota-built electric vehicle, donates Bison edition to NDSU - The Flag The Flag - AM 1100 and FM 92.3 WZFG · Oct 3

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What Makes Ottertail Unique

• The only place in America named Ottertail — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ottertail

• Willy T's
• The Otter

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Thumper Pond · Water park

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ottertail

• God's Acres reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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