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Chatfield Reservoir

1,655 m5,430 ft
Area
6.37 km²
Max depth
47 m
Tonight
47°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2–12 mph WSW

Chatfield Reservoir is a lake at 1,655 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 6.37 km² in area and 4.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,655 m
Length
4.8 km
Shoreline
17.2 km
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Lake

Chatfield Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.8 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
17.2 km≈4¼ h to walk around
3D map

Chatfield Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

Surface
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Topographic map

Chatfield Reservoir 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

Chatfield Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Chatfield Reservoir weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 47°F (8°C) · Wind 2–12 mph WSW

Chatfield Reservoir forecast for about 1,655 m.

  • Tonight47°–2–12 mph WSW
  • Sat39°55°48%3–10 mph NNE
  • Sun41°60°50%0–9 mph NNE
  • Mon37°59°18%1–6 mph NNE
  • Tue38°66°1%2–6 mph E
  • Wed38°65°4%3–8 mph SE
  • Thu38°63°3%5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Chatfield Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km SSE

    +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Chatfield Campground

    1.1 km S

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Group Campground

    1.2 km S

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    High Line Canal Trailhead

    2.2 km SSE · +1 more within 6.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km SSE
Parking0.4 km SSE
Parking0.5 km SSE
Chatfield CampgroundCaravan site1.1 km S
Group CampgroundCampsite1.2 km S
High Line Canal TrailheadTrailhead2.2 km SSE
Waterton Canyon TrailheadTrailhead6.7 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
97.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view
233 m low point 1,630 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.1%Built-up 19.1%Water 14.3%Trees 11.2%Bare rock / sparse 4.3%Cropland 2.1%

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 3.4 km; 1,305 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Woodhouse's Toad217
  • American White Pelican152
  • Bald Eagle123
  • Red-tailed Hawk122
  • Mule Deer110
  • Great Blue Heron109
Where it sits

Where Chatfield Reservoir sits

Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
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Nearby places

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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 2026-08-05)
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