Rush Lake is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

located in Rush Lake and

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

Townships in

Otter Tail County, Minnesota Otter Tail County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,081, and was estimated to be 60,884 in 2024. The county seat and the largest city is Fergus Falls. Otter Tail County comprises the Fer ...

Size and Shape

Rush Lake is in the general shape of a gourd, covering an area of and reaching a maximum depth of . Despite the said maximum depth, most of the lake is rather shallow with 62 percent of the lake less than in depth.

Location

Rush lake is located to the north of Buchanan Lake, and to the northeast of the much larger

Otter Tail Lake Otter Tail Lake is a lake in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the largest lake in Otter Tail County. Geography Adjoining the city of Ottertail, Minnesota, Ottertail, it is a part of the Otter Tail River chain of la ...

References

Lakes of Otter Tail County, Minnesota Lakes of Minnesota {{OtterTailCountyMN-geo-stub