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Austin Lake

260 m853 ft
Area
4.44 km²
Tonight
43°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3 mph SE

Austin Lake is a lake at 260 m above sea level in Michigan, United States, 4.44 km² in area and 3.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
260 m
Length
3.4 km
Shoreline
10.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Austin Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.4 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
10.4 km≈2½ h to walk around
3D map

Austin Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.4 × 5.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Austin 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.

Index contours every 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Austin Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Austin Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 43°F (6°C) · Wind 3 mph SE

Austin Lake forecast for about 261 m.

  • Tonight43°–3 mph SE
  • Sat45°69°1%5 mph SSE
  • Sun46°71°–6 mph S
  • Mon44°69°1%1–5 mph NE
  • Tue45°63°6%8 mph ESE
  • Wed49°69°10%5–8 mph S
  • Thu43°68°14%6–12 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Austin Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Austin Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km NNW
Parking0.8 km NNW
Parking1.3 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.4 × 5.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 29 km² view
Relief in view
17 m low point 259 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 45.7%Water 27.8%Grassland 12.9%Built-up 7.5%Cropland 5.3%Wetland 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.7 km; 433 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Monarch22
  • White-tailed Deer13
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10
  • Common Garter Snake9
  • Western Honey Bee9
  • Great Blue Heron8
Where it sits

Where Austin Lake sits

Region
Michigan29United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Austin Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-30)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia