Lake Monona
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Lake Monona is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin, surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and on the south east side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the
Lake with Monona Terrace and Madison skyline in the distance
View of Lake Monona from Monona Terrace
Sunset over Lake Monona as viewed from Stone Bridge Park in Monona, WI. The City of Madison's skyline can be seen across the waters of Lake Monona.
Lake Mendota
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Lake Mendota is a freshwater eutrophic lake that is the northernmost and largest of the four lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. The lake borders Madison on the north, east, and south, Middleton on the west,
Lake Monona
…and on the south east side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the second-largest of a chain of four lakes along the Yahara River (also including Mendota, Kegonsa, and Waubesa) in the area and forms the south shore of the isthmus that forms downtown Madison. The name 'Monona' is a word believed to mean…
Boats headed toward south shore in Madison
Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, a painting by Joseph Rusling Meeker, c. 1870-71
Lake Mendota as seen from the University Bay landing in the fall of 2008
Lake Mendota viewed from the steps of the Memorial Union