Cardinia Reservoir
- Area
- 11 km²
- Tonight
- 16°CHeavy rain · Wind 19 km/h NE
Cardinia Reservoir is a lake at 162 m above sea level in Victoria, Australia, 11 km² in area and 7.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 162 m
- Length
- 7.5 km
- Shoreline
- 56.5 km
Cardinia Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 56.5 km
Cardinia Reservoir 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.5 × 9.5 km
Cardinia Reservoir 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.
Cardinia Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cardinia Reservoir weather
Today · Rain · 16 / 21°C (61 / 70°F) · 28.3 mm · Wind 19 km/h NE
Cardinia Reservoir forecast for about 162 m.
- Today16°21°28.3 mm19 km/h NE
- Sun7°16°18.6 mm22 km/h SW
- Mon8°13°1.7 mm23 km/h W
- Tue7°12°1.6 mm15 km/h W
- Wed10°14°0.6 mm16 km/h W
- Thu11°17°1.8 mm9 km/h N
- Fri13°16°30.0 mm22 km/h N
- Sat9°16°12.3 mm19 km/h SW
- Sun6°14°0.2 mm19 km/h S
- Mon14°20°–15 km/h N
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 near Cardinia Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cardinia Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.3 km W
Nearest campsite
6.6 km NW
Nearest caravan site
6.9 km NW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.3 km W |
| Parking | 1.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.5 km WSW |
| Campsite | 6.6 km NW |
| Caravan site | 6.9 km NW |
| Caravan site | 6.9 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 9.5 × 9.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 90 km² view
- Relief in view
- 292 m low point 70 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 4.8 km; 1,801 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Castiarina sexplagiata161
- Western Honey Bee145
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo137
- Australian Bluetail128
- Common Flatwing103
- Orange Assassin Bug99
Where Cardinia Reservoir sits
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-24)
- 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)