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Crescent Lake
- Area
- 15 km²
- Max depth
- 38 m
- Tonight
- 32°FLight rain · Wind 5–8 mph W
Crescent Lake is a lake at 1,472 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 15 km² in area and 6.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,472 m
- Length
- 6.6 km
- Shoreline
- 19.8 km
Crescent Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 19.8 km≈5 h to walk around
Crescent Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.6 × 8.6 km
Crescent Lake terrain and contours
25 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.
Crescent Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Crescent Lake weather
Tonight · Light rain · 32°F (0°C) · 31% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–8 mph W
Crescent Lake forecast for about 1,479 m.
- Tonight32°31%5–8 mph W
- Thu32°48°–0–5 mph W
- Fri33°53°1%3–9 mph WSW
- Sat36°59°54%3–8 mph S
- Sun34°47°54%0–6 mph WSW
- Mon34°49°14%1–5 mph SSW
- Tue35°52°23%1–5 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Nov 5, 06:16 UTC.
Camping & parking near Crescent Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Crescent Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp Makualla
Nearest parking
3.0 km ENE
Nearest caravan site
Hoodoo's Crescent Junction RV Park
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp MakuallaCampsite | 1.6 km SE |
| Contorta Point CampgroundCampsite | 1.9 km SW |
| Boy Scout CampCampsite | 1.9 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.0 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.0 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.1 km ENE |
| Hoodoo's Crescent Junction RV ParkCaravan site | 6.9 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 8.6 × 8.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 74 km² view
- Relief in view
- 689 m low point 1,430 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 4.3 km; 143 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Woodland pinedrops17
- Pipsissewa14
- Sugarstick12
- Dwarf Lupine10
- California Tortoiseshell8
- Canada Jay6
Where Crescent Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon61United States1,214North America1,796
- Protected area
- Deschutes National Forest6
Nearby places
Crescent Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-27)
- 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)