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Caddo Lake

51 m167 ft
Area
62 km²
Max depth
49 m
Tonight
57°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Caddo Lake is a lake at 51 m above sea level in Louisiana, United States, 62 km² in area and 18.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
51 m
Length
18.3 km
Shoreline
185.9 km
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Lake

Caddo Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

18.3 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
185.9 km
3D map

Caddo 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

Caddo Lake terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Caddo Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Caddo Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 57°F (14°C) · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Caddo Lake forecast for about 55 m.

  • Tonight57°–0–5 mph SE
  • Sat57°84°–0 mph
  • Sun58°79°–5 mph E
  • Mon58°79°–0–5 mph E
  • Tue57°79°1%0 mph
  • Wed57°81°1%0 mph
  • Thu58°82°3%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Caddo Lake

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

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Parking5.2 km ESE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
58 m low point 47 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 67.8%Water 15.8%Grassland 15.6%Built-up 0.6%

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 10 km; 1,083 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eastern Pondhawk32
  • Great Blue Heron29
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog27
  • False Map Turtle22
  • Osprey22
  • Great Egret21
Where it sits

Where Caddo Lake sits

Region
Louisiana6United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Caddo 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 2026-07-21)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia