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Lake · Colorado

Dream Lake

3,080 m10,105 ft
Area
0.03 km²
Tonight
29°FPartly cloudy · Wind 9–13 mph SW

Dream Lake is a lake at 3,080 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 0.03 km² in area and 0.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
3,080 m
Length
0.3 km
Shoreline
0.7 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Dream Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.3 km longest50 mN ↑
Shoreline
0.7 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Dream Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Dream Lake terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Dream 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

Dream Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 29°F (-2°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 9–13 mph SW

Dream Lake forecast for about 3,699 m.

  • Tonight29°5%9–13 mph SW
  • Sat27°34°32%9–17 mph SE
  • Sun27°37°75%6–9 mph SE
  • Mon26°35°37%3–10 mph W
  • Tue26°39°12%8–17 mph WSW
  • Wed26°37°5%6–22 mph WSW
  • Thu28°38°5%5–13 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Dream Lake

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Bear Lake Trailhead

    1.1 km ENE · +2 more within 3.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Glacier Gorge Junction

    1.6 km E · +2 more within 3.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Andrews Creek

    2.2 km SSW · +2 more within 3.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Bear Lake TrailheadTrailhead1.1 km ENE
Parking1.3 km ENE
Glacier Gorge TrailheadTrailhead1.6 km E
Glacier Gorge JunctionParking1.6 km E
Andrews CreekCampsite2.2 km SSW
Sourdough CampsiteCampsite2.3 km NW
Bierstadt Lake TrailheadTrailhead3.2 km ENE
Parking3.2 km ENE
Odessa Lake CampsiteCampsite3.3 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
33.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.4%
Steep, 30–45°
20.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.3%
Steeper than 30°
30.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,034 m low point 2,843 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.7%Bare rock / sparse 25.8%Moss & lichen 13.8%Grassland 5.7%Water 1.4%Snow & ice 0.7%

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 2 km; 459 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Steller's Jay685
  • Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel572
  • Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout275
  • Clark's Nutcracker245
  • Canada Jay210
  • Fireweed162
Where it sits

Where Dream Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Front Range15
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Rocky Mountain National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Front Range 6
See all 15 in the Front Range →
Downloads

Dream 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 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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