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Places in Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes’s downtown: 327 places in a five-minute walk

1,000 places in Detroit Lakes: 78 places to eat and drink, 126 shops, 64 things to do and 32 places to stay. Local spots first, with directions to every one.

All places
1,000
100 per 1,000 residents
Eat & drink
78
7.8 per 1,000 residents
Shops
126
21 gifts · 7 antiques · 2 books
Things to do
64
28 outdoors · 8 arts · 5 landmarks
Places to stay
32
3.2 per 1,000 residents

What kind of places does Detroit Lakes have?

Read from every listing. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The map

Where Detroit Lakes gathers

327 of Detroit Lakes’s 1,000 places sit within a five-minute walk of Washington Ave.

Washington Ave
327places in a five-minute walk of Washington Ave33% of Detroit Lakes’s places
Eat & drink

78 places to eat & drink

54 restaurants, 12 cafés & treats, 9 bars & breweries. Local spots first.

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See all 12 cafés & treats →
Shops

126 shops

26 home & hardware, 21 gifts & boutiques, 13 clothing. Local spots first.

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See all 7 antiques & vintage →
Places to stay

32 places to stay

24 hotels & inns, 8 camping & rentals. Local spots first.

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Things to do

64 things to do

28 parks & outdoors, 23 fitness & sports, 8 arts & culture. Local spots first.

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Everyday

607 errands & services

Groceries, gas, the barber, the vet, the bank.

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Community

93 schools, churches & public places

Where Detroit Lakes learns, worships and gets things done.

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Talk & tips

Favorites, openings and closings from Detroit Lakes neighbors.

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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), checked against the Census town line. Places added by neighbors go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Spot a mistake? Open the place and tap Edit mode.

How we sort and count

Each list puts neighbor favorites first (ratings and photos), then the most complete listings (a website, a phone number, a note), with local, independent spots ahead of national chains. Categories come from each place’s map category, so a café filed under “Shops” still shows up with the cafés. “A five-minute walk” is a quarter mile from the busiest spot on the map. Per-1,000 figures use the Census population.