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Falls Lake

75 m246 ft
Area
43 km²
Tonight
46°FFair · Wind 6 mph NE

Falls Lake is a lake at 75 m above sea level in North Carolina, United States, 43 km² in area and 25.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
75 m
Length
25.6 km
Shoreline
305.6 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Falls Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
305.6 km
3D map

Falls 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

Falls 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

Falls 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

Falls Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 6 mph NE

Falls Lake forecast for about 91 m.

  • Tonight46°–6 mph NE
  • Sat46°67°–8 mph NE
  • Sun44°69°–7 mph NE
  • Mon43°70°–3 mph N
  • Tue49°74°–3 mph N
  • Wed51°70°2%5 mph NE
  • Thu52°73°3%2 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:13 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Falls Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Rolling View Campground - Loop C

    0.8 km SSW · +2 more within 1.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km WNW

    +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Rolling View Campground - Loop CCampsite0.8 km SSW
Parking0.8 km WNW
Rolling View Campground - Loop BCampsite0.9 km SW
Rolling View Campground - Loop ACampsite1.0 km WSW
Parking1.3 km W
Parking1.5 km W
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°
98.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
93 m low point 73 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.9%Water 10.2%Grassland 10.0%Built-up 2.4%

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; 2,509 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Box Turtle410
  • Green Anole173
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail173
  • White-tailed Deer140
  • Fowler's Toad129
  • Monarch124
Where it sits

Where Falls Lake sits

Region
North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Falls 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)
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 · Wikipedia