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Devils Lake

442 m1,450 ft
Area
276 km²

Devils Lake is a lake at 442 m above sea level in North Dakota, United States, 276 km² in area and 38.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
442 m
Length
38.3 km
Shoreline
325.9 km
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Lake

Devils Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
325.9 km
3D map

Devils Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Devils Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Devils Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Devils Lake weather

Devils Lake forecast for about 442 m: unavailable right now. Try again in a few minutes.

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Devils Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking2.8 km NE
Parking2.8 km NNE
Parking2.8 km NNE
Campsite3.2 km SE
Caravan site3.5 km SE
Campsite7.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
108 m low point 434 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 41.7%Grassland 25.9%Cropland 18.1%Trees 11.2%Built-up 2.3%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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 10 km; 264 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog38
  • American Bison23
  • Red-necked Phalarope12
  • Leadplant12
  • Baltimore Oriole10
  • American White Pelican9
Where it sits

Where Devils Lake sits

Region
United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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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 2026-09-04)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia