Round Lake, Minnesota — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Round Lake, Nobles County.
| City | Round Lake |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Nobles |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 43.54052 |
| Longitude | -95.468338 |
| Population | 333 |
| Density | 203.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Round Lake is a locality in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 333. The population density is 203.9 people per km². Round Lake is located at 43.5405°N, 95.4683°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56167.
Round Lake rests in the broad, open country where the land remembers its glacial past. It lies 61.7 miles east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 90°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-east of Worthington. The sky here feels immense, a canvas that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the bruised purples and golds of twilight, casting long shadows across fields that undulate gently towards the horizon. The lake itself, a generous expanse of water, reflects this sky, its surface often a mirror for the passing clouds, disturbed only by the occasional ripple of a jumping fish or the lazy progress of a distant pleasure craft. The air carries the scent of prairie grasses, a clean, dry fragrance that mingles with the fainter, more humid perfume of the water's edge, especially potent after a summer rain. The story of Round Lake is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland of southwestern Minnesota. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a new beginning, established farms that still define the landscape, their fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like a meticulously quilted blanket. The lake provided not just a water source but a focal point for the burgeoning community, a place for gathering and recreation. While modern agriculture remains the bedrock of the local economy, the quiet hum of machinery in the fields is punctuated by the steady rhythm of daily life in Round Lake itself, a place where neighborly greetings are still common and the pace allows for a moment to appreciate the quality of light as it filters through the leaves of the mature trees lining the streets.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Round Lake, Minnesota with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Round Lake and Nobles County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Round Lake is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Round Lake is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |