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Bowman Lake

1,229 m4,032 ft
Area
6.92 km²
Tonight
26°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3–8 mph ENE

Bowman Lake is a lake at 1,229 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 6.92 km² in area and 10.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,229 m
Length
10.4 km
Shoreline
22.7 km
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Lake

Bowman Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

10.4 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
22.7 km≈5¾ h to walk around
3D map

Bowman Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.4 × 12.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Bowman Lake terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bowman Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Bowman Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 26°F (-3°C) · 3% chance of precipitation · Wind 3–8 mph ENE

Bowman Lake forecast for about 1,225 m.

  • Tonight26°3%3–8 mph ENE
  • Sat24°35°4%3–7 mph S
  • Sun22°31°1%6–13 mph NE
  • Mon28°39°14%1–6 mph NNW
  • Tue25°35°47%5 mph WNW
  • Wed21°30°46%3–7 mph E
  • Thu21°32°17%3 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:01 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Bowman Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Akokala Lake Camp

    2.8 km WNW · +2 more within 5.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Bowman Lake Trailhead

    4.9 km SW · +2 more within 5.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    5.0 km SSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Akokala Lake CampCampsite2.8 km WNW
Bowman Lake TrailheadTrailhead4.9 km SW
Akokala Lake TrailheadTrailhead5.0 km SW
Quartz Lake Loop TrailheadTrailhead5.0 km SSW
Parking5.0 km SSW
Bowman LakeCampsite5.1 km SW
Quartz LakeCampsite5.2 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12.4 × 12.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
34.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.7%
Steep, 30–45°
22.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
8.6%
Steeper than 30°
31.3% of the 154 km² view
Relief in view
1,819 m low point 1,195 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.9%Moss & lichen 8.3%Bare rock / sparse 7.5%Water 7.2%Grassland 6.1%Snow & ice 1.1%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.2 km of Bowman Lake.

NESW5 km10 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Square Peak2,623 m 4.1 km E
  2. 2Numa Peak2,718 m 4.3 km N
  3. 3Rainbow Peak2,988 m 4.9 km ENE
  4. 4Reuter Peak2,667 m 6.0 km NNW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.2 km; 264 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Canadian bunchberry33
  • White-tailed Deer24
  • Creeping mahonia23
  • Spruce Grouse19
  • Common Merganser18
  • Thimbleberry17
Where it sits

Where Bowman Lake sits

Region
Montana24United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Glacier National Park12
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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 2026-08-28)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia