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Big Stone Lake

294 m965 ft
Area
48 km²
Max depth
5 m
Tonight
57°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–20 mph SSE

Big Stone Lake is a lake at 294 m above sea level in South Dakota, United States, 48 km² in area and 39.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
294 m
Length
39.6 km
Shoreline
109.3 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Big Stone Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
109.3 km
3D map

Big Stone Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Big Stone Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Big Stone Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Big Stone Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 57°F (14°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–20 mph SSE

Big Stone Lake forecast for about 294 m.

  • Tonight57°8%10–20 mph SSE
  • Sat38°64°48%9–17 mph W
  • Sun36°51°34%2–6 mph N
  • Mon34°47°61%9 mph NE
  • Tue39°53°49%5–8 mph E
  • Wed36°59°27%7–15 mph SSW
  • Thu34°54°9%6–10 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Big Stone Lake

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

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km S
East CampgoundCampsite3.2 km WSW
Trailhead3.3 km W
Campsite3.8 km W
Campsite3.8 km W
Parking4.0 km W
Parking4.8 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
83 m low point 294 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 69.2%Grassland 15.2%Water 9.1%Trees 5.3%Built-up 0.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Big Stone Lake sits

Region
South Dakota6United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-07-20)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia