Blue Lake
- Area
- 0.09 km²
- Tonight
- 9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 28 km/h NW
Blue Lake is a lake at 541 m above sea level in Otago Region, New Zealand, 0.09 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 541 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.1 km
Blue Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.1 km≈30 min to walk around
Blue 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
Blue Lake terrain and contours
10 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.
Blue Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Blue Lake weather
Today · Clear · 9 / 18°C (48 / 64°F) · Wind 28 km/h NW
Blue Lake forecast for about 541 m.
- Today9°18°–28 km/h NW
- Sun12°18°–30 km/h NW
- Mon4°19°30.5 mm51 km/h NW
- Tue4°9°–13 km/h NW
- Wed4°10°3.6 mm32 km/h NW
- Thu0°10°0.7 mm26 km/h W
- Fri8°10°–23 km/h W
- Sat10°16°0.2 mm24 km/h NW
- Sun7°15°41.9 mm21 km/h N
- Mon1°3°14.8 mm12 km/h SW
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Blue Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Blue Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Saint Bathans Campsite
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Saint Bathans CampsiteCampsite | 0.9 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.8% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 287 m low point 502 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; 151 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Golden scabweed23
- McCann’s Skink9
- Epilobium melanocaulon8
- Viper's-bugloss7
- New Zealand Grasshopper6
- Richards toetoe6
Where Blue Lake sits
- Region
- Otago Region19New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby places
Blue Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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 2026 (scene 2026-03-21)
- 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)