Otter Lake, Indiana

Otter Lake, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 41°38′12″N 85°10′05″W / 41.63667°N 85.16806°W / 41.63667; -85.16806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Steuben
Township	Jackson
Area [1]
• Total	0.67 sq mi (1.7 km2)
• Land	0.50 sq mi (1.3 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [2]	935 ft (285 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46703 (Angola)
Area code	260
FIPS code	18-57330[1]
GNIS feature ID	2830546[2]

Otter Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Steuben County, Indiana, United States.^[2]

The community is in western Steuben County, surrounding Otter Lake, a natural water body. U.S. Route 20 forms the northern edge of the CDP; the highway leads east 9 miles (14 km) to Angola, the county seat, and west 13 miles (21 km) to LaGrange. Indiana State Road 327 forms the western edge of the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Orland and south 21 miles (34 km) to Garrett.^{[citation needed]}

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Otter Lake CDP has a total area of 0.67 square miles (1.74 km²), of which 0.50 square miles (1.29 km²) are land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²), or 25.37%, are water.^[1] The lake's outlet is at its northern end, flowing into Pigeon Creek, which becomes the Pigeon River, a west-flowing tributary of the St. Joseph River leading to Lake Michigan.