Spirit Lake | |
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Location | Kingsbury County, South Dakota [1] |
Coordinates | 44°29′35″N 97°36′31″W / 44.49306°N 97.60861°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,260 acres (5.1 km2) [2] |
Max. depth | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) [1] |
Shore length1 | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) [1] |
Surface elevation | 1,720 feet (520 m) [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Spirit Lake is a natural lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, in the United States. [3] The lake is seven miles north of De Smet and US Route 14 and six miles east of Bancroft. The smaller Mud Lake lies just to the southeast. [4]
The lake received its name either due to the area being an Indian burial ground, or a transfer from Spirit Lake, Iowa. [5]