Lake · West Virginia

Cheat Lake

263 m863 ft

Area: 5.62 km²
Tonight: 39°FFair · Wind 3 mph E

Cheat Lake is a lake at 263 m above sea level in West Virginia, United States, 5.62 km² in area and 7.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 263 m
Length: 7.4 km
Shoreline: 32.0 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Cheat Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 32.0 km≈8 h to walk around

3D map

Cheat Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.4 × 9.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cheat Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cheat Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Cheat Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 39°F (4°C) · Wind 3 mph E

Cheat Lake forecast for about 316 m.

Tonight39°–3 mph E
Sat39°66°–2 mph E
Sun40°67°–1 mph NE
Mon44°68°–2 mph NW
Tue45°67°1%0–3 mph N
Wed48°69°1%3 mph SE
Thu48°70°5%2–7 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cheat Lake

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

Nearest parking
Ashbrooke Square parking
1.2 km E · +2 more within 1.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	1.2 km E
Parking	1.2 km E
Ashbrooke Square parkingParking	1.2 km E

Slope

Share of the 9.4 × 9.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

75.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.4%

Steep, 30–45°

3.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 3.2% of the 88 km² view
Relief in view: 394 m low point 237 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.8%Grassland 15.5%Water 7.3%Built-up 4.1%

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 4.7 km; 1,059 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bluegill35
Bufflehead34
White-tailed Deer27
Canada Goose26
American Robin25
Spotted Lanternfly23

Where it sits

Where Cheat Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount Storm Lake76 km SE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGCheat Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-07.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Cheat Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking