Okabena Creek

Okabena Creek is a 40-mile-long (64 km)^[1] waterway in southern Minnesota.^[2] It is a tributary, via the short Diversion Creek, of Heron Lake, the outlet of which flows to the Des Moines River. Okabena Creek begins in Worthington, Minnesota, connecting by a ditch to the outlet of Okabena Lake, then flows northeast past the towns of Brewster and Okabena to the Heron Lake/South Heron Lake system.^[3][4][5]

Okabena Creek
Mouth of the Okabena Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Jackson County, Nobles County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Reading, Minnesota
• coordinates	43.6882973°N 95.6858447°W / 43.6882973; -95.6858447
Mouth
• location	Okabena, Minnesota
• coordinates	43°44′18″N 95°15′46″W
Length	40-mile-long (64 km)
Basin features
River system	Des Moines River

Okabena is the Sioux-language word meaning "Heron Lake".^[6]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota