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Bow Lake

102 m335 ft
Area
0.05 km²
Tonight
39°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2 mph E

Bow Lake is a lake at 102 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 0.05 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
102 m
Length
0.4 km
Shoreline
1.0 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Bow Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.4 km longest100 mN ↑
Shoreline
1.0 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Bow 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Bow Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bow 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

Bow Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 39°F (4°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 2 mph E

Bow Lake forecast for about 109 m.

  • Tonight39°4%2 mph E
  • Sat43°56°59%3 mph SSW
  • Sun45°57°59%6 mph NE
  • Mon44°58°16%5 mph N
  • Tue44°58°27%5 mph SSW
  • Wed42°57°27%5–8 mph NE
  • Thu41°58°9%6 mph NNE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bow Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    Wally Park

    0.4 km SW · +2 more within 0.4 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Saltwater State Park Campground

    7.3 km SSW

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Wally ParkParking0.4 km SW
Parking0.4 km S
Parking0.4 km NNW
Saltwater State Park CampgroundCampsite7.3 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
94.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
4.6%
Steep, 30–45°
0.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
153 m low point 4 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 47.1%Trees 31.6%Grassland 17.6%Water 3.2%

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 km; 413 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard44
  • American Crow40
  • Rock Pigeon24
  • Dark-eyed Junco24
  • Canada Goose20
  • Cross Orbweaver19
Where it sits

Where Bow Lake sits

Region
Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Bow 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 2026-08-07)
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