Alligator Lake
- Area
- 0.40 km²
- Tonight
- 63°FFair · Wind 10 mph N
Alligator Lake is a lake at 19 m above sea level in Florida, United States, 0.40 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 19 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km
Alligator Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
Alligator Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Alligator Lake terrain and contours
1 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Alligator Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Alligator Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 63°F (17°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph N
Alligator Lake forecast for about 17 m.
- Tonight63°6%10 mph N
- Sat69°81°39%10–15 mph N
- Sun70°82°53%15–20 mph NNE
- Mon68°82°15%15–20 mph NNE
- Tue67°81°10%15–20 mph NE
- Wed66°81°13%10–15 mph NE
- Thu66°82°28%10–15 mph NE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:29 UTC.
Camping & parking near Alligator Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Alligator Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.4 km ENE
Nearest trailhead
W. P. Tyson Trailhead
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.4 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.4 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.4 km ENE |
| W. P. Tyson TrailheadTrailhead | 3.4 km ENE |
| Bass Highway TrailheadTrailhead | 5.9 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 9 m low point 19 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 97 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Gopher Tortoise6
- Mallard4
- Common Yellowthroat2
- Tufted Titmouse2
- Northern Mockingbird2
- North American Racer2
Where Alligator Lake sits
- Region
- Florida17United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Alligator Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-07-26)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)