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Cultus Lake
- Area
- 4.64 km²
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 1–7 mph SW
Cultus Lake is a lake at 1,424 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 4.64 km² in area and 4.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,424 m
- Length
- 4.7 km
- Shoreline
- 13.1 km
Cultus Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 13.1 km≈3¼ h to walk around
Cultus Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.7 × 6.7 km
Cultus 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.
Cultus Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cultus Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 1–7 mph SW
Cultus Lake forecast for about 1,462 m.
- Tonight27°–1–7 mph SW
- Sat33°57°3%0–5 mph SE
- Sun32°55°47%6 mph S
- Mon30°46°69%7 mph SW
- Tue28°45°28%3 mph W
- Wed28°47°28%6 mph SE
- Thu28°49°14%2–6 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cultus Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cultus Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Big Cove Boat-In Campground
Nearest parking
Winopee Lake Trailhead
Nearest hut
Cultus Lake Lodge
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Big Cove Boat-In CampgroundCampsite | 1.1 km NW |
| Little Cove Boat-In CampgroundCampsite | 1.3 km NE |
| Winopee Lake TrailheadParking | 2.1 km E |
| Parking | 2.1 km E |
| Cultus Lake CampgroundCampsite | 2.1 km E |
| Cultus Lake LodgeHut | 2.2 km ESE |
| Many Lakes TrailheadParking | 7.0 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 6.7 × 6.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.1% of the 45 km² view
- Relief in view
- 697 m low point 1,364 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 3.3 km; 179 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mahala mat10
- Bride's Bonnet10
- Pacific trillium8
- Pinemat Manzanita7
- California Tortoiseshell6
- Pipsissewa6
Where Cultus Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Deschutes National Forest4
Nearby places
Cultus 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)