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Lake · England

Buttermere

101 m331 ft
Area
0.92 km²
Tonight
5°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h NW

Buttermere is a lake at 101 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 0.92 km² in area and 2.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
101 m
Length
2.1 km
Shoreline
5.4 km
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Lake

Buttermere in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.1 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.4 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Buttermere 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.1 × 4.1 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Buttermere terrain and contours

25 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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Buttermere elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Buttermere weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 19 km/h NW

Buttermere forecast for about 101 m.

  • Tonight5°–19 km/h NW
  • Today6°12°34.8 mm63 km/h W
  • Sun7°10°8.5 mm58 km/h W
  • Mon7°14°15.3 mm36 km/h SE
  • Tue9°12°11.1 mm42 km/h S
  • Wed9°11°7.9 mm30 km/h W
  • Thu8°11°0.2 mm18 km/h SE
  • Fri9°12°6.2 mm24 km/h SE
  • Sat6°10°5.1 mm24 km/h SE
  • Sun5°8°1.2 mm20 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Buttermere

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Dalegarth Guest House Camp Site

    0.5 km E · +2 more within 6.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.7 km ESE

    +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Warnscale Head

    3.6 km SE · +2 more within 7.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Low Manesty Caravan Park

    7.5 km ENE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Dalegarth Guest House Camp SiteCampsite0.5 km E
Parking0.7 km ESE
Parking1.1 km NW
Parking1.1 km NNW
Syke Farm CampsiteCampsite1.3 km NW
Warnscale HeadHut3.6 km SE
Dubs HutHut3.8 km SE
Seathwaite Farm CampsiteCampsite6.5 km SE
Grange Old SchoolHut7.1 km ENE
Low Manesty Caravan ParkCaravan site7.5 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.1 × 4.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
33.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
40.0%
Steep, 30–45°
25.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.5%
Steeper than 30°
26.6% of the 17 km² view
Relief in view
706 m low point 98 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 76.9%Trees 15.0%Water 7.9%

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 2.0 km; 245 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Chaffinch12
  • Fly Agaric12
  • European Robin10
  • Purple foxglove9
  • Gorse8
  • Parsley fern7
Where it sits

Where Buttermere sits

Range
Lake District28
Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Lake District National Park27
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Lake District 6
See all 28 in the Lake District →
Downloads

Buttermere downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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 2026-07-15)
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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia