RV rental Okamanpeedan Lake, MN: Motorhome rentals, camper van rentals and more

Okamanpeedan Lake in Minnesota was formed around 11,000 years ago by a massive, mile-high glacier that scraped at the soft land as it retreated north. It also deposited a thick layer of moraine that blanket the region today. The lake’s name, Okamanpeedan, comes from a Native American word that means “nesting place of herons.” This name has been used for at least 200 years, and even today, herons continue to nest in the trees along the shores. The locals use this name interchangeably with another: Tuttle Lake, named after the first European settler, John Tuttle, who built a home along the lake in the 1850s. The lake sprawls over both sides of the Minnesota and Iowa border, and it’s unknown where exactly John Tuttle’s original homestead was.