Lake · Jammu and Kashmir

Dal Lake

1,583 m5,194 ft

Area: 14 km²
Max depth: 6 m
Tonight: 6°CFair · Wind 11 km/h E

Dal Lake is a lake at 1,583 m above sea level in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 14 km² in area and 7.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,583 m
Length: 7.8 km
Shoreline: 45.3 km

Open the 3D view

3D map

Dal Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dal Lake topographic map

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Dal 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.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGDal Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Dal Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 45.3 km

Weather

Dal Lake weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 6 / 18°C (43 / 64°F) · Wind 11 km/h E

Dal Lake forecast for about 1,583 m.

Today6°18°–11 km/h E
Sun6°18°0.1 mm13 km/h W
Mon5°18°–13 km/h E
Tue5°17°–5 km/h SW
Wed6°18°–5 km/h W
Thu7°18°–5 km/h W
Fri7°18°–4 km/h SW
Sat7°18°–4 km/h SW
Sun7°18°–4 km/h SW

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

Camping & parking near Dal Lake

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

Nearest parking
Paid Parking J&K Lakes and Waterways Development Srinagar
1.1 km NE · +2 more within 2.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Paid Parking J&K Lakes and Waterways Development SrinagarParking	1.1 km NE
Vivanta ParkingParking	2.3 km SSE
Makai Park Car ParkingParking	2.5 km S

Slope

Share of the 9.8 × 9.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

76.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

9.1%

Steep, 30–45°

12.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.4%

Steeper than 30°: 14.7% of the 96 km² view
Relief in view: 1,183 m low point 1,575 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 39.7%Built-up 23.7%Grassland 18.0%Water 11.3%Cropland 6.4%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

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 4.9 km; 219 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Moorhen45
Mallard42
Himalayan Bulbul38
Indian Pond-Heron37
Black Kite37
Common Kingfisher23

Where it sits

Where Dal Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Marsar Lake23 km E

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
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
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Dal Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking