Begnas Lake
- Area
- 3.07 km²
- Tonight
- 16°CClear · Wind 8 km/h S
Begnas Lake is a lake at 680 m above sea level in Western Development Region, Nepal, 3.07 km² in area and 3.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 680 m
- Length
- 3.3 km
- Shoreline
- 16.3 km
Begnas Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 16.3 km≈4 h to walk around
Begnas Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.3 × 5.3 km
Begnas Lake terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.
Begnas Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Begnas Lake weather
Today · Clear · 16 / 25°C (61 / 77°F) · Wind 8 km/h S
Begnas Lake forecast for about 680 m.
- Today16°25°–8 km/h S
- Sun17°26°–8 km/h S
- Mon17°26°–8 km/h SW
- Tue17°26°–5 km/h S
- Wed17°28°–4 km/h S
- Thu18°24°12.8 mm4 km/h W
- Fri17°18°121.3 mm6 km/h W
- Sat18°20°22.8 mm4 km/h W
- Sun16°24°–3 km/h S
- Mon17°24°–4 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Begnas Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Begnas Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
0.5 km SSE
Nearest parking
Paid Parking Begnas Dam
Nearest hut
1.4 km WNW
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 0.5 km SSE |
| Paid Parking Begnas DamParking | 0.8 km WSW |
| Begnas Lake ParkingParking | 1.0 km SW |
| Hut | 1.4 km WNW |
| Parking | 1.6 km E |
| Campsite | 1.9 km E |
| Hut | 4.1 km NW |
| Campsite | 6.8 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 5.3 × 5.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 13.8% of the 28 km² view
- Relief in view
- 589 m low point 621 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 2.6 km; 124 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Punchinello5
- Oriental Magpie-Robin5
- Red-vented Bulbul4
- Grey Count4
- Himalayan Bulbul3
- Lemon Pansy3
Where Begnas Lake sits
- Region
- Western Development Region13Nepal73Asia964
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-03-25)
- 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
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)