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Fontana Lake

509 m1,670 ft
Area
39 km²
Max depth
130 m
Tonight
42°FFair · Wind 3 mph E

Fontana Lake is a lake at 509 m above sea level in North Carolina, United States, 39 km² in area and 29.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
509 m
Length
29.8 km
Shoreline
350.0 km
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Lake

Fontana Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
350.0 km
3D map

Fontana Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Fontana 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

Fontana Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Fontana Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 42°F (6°C) · Wind 3 mph E

Fontana Lake forecast for about 521 m.

  • Tonight42°–3 mph E
  • Sat41°70°–3 mph ENE
  • Sun40°71°–2 mph ENE
  • Mon42°73°–2 mph NE
  • Tue44°76°–2 mph S
  • Wed43°74°–0–3 mph SSW
  • Thu45°75°1%0–3 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Fontana Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    87

    0.7 km NE · +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.7 km WSW

    +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Lakeshore Trailhead Westside

    2.2 km WNW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Campsite0.5 km SW
Parking0.7 km WSW
87Campsite0.7 km NE
Parking1.0 km W
Parking1.1 km W
Fontana Village CampgroundCampsite1.5 km WSW
Lakeshore Trailhead WestsideTrailhead2.2 km WNW
Slope

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°
16.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
53.5%
Steep, 30–45°
29.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
29.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,121 m low point 388 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.7%Water 4.1%Grassland 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Fontana Lake.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Matt Mountain835 m 2.5 km ENE
  2. 2Little Shuckstack1,145 m 3.5 km NNW
  3. 3High Top1,147 m 4.0 km SSE
  4. 4Shuckstack1,216 m 4.1 km NNW
  5. 5Sheep Knob1,166 m 4.3 km NW
  6. 6Big Butte963 m 4.5 km ENE
  7. 7Round Mountain Knob908 m 4.8 km NNE
  8. 8Tommy Knob1,056 m 4.9 km SSE
  9. 9Perry Knob988 m 5.7 km SE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,128 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American Black Bear217
  • Flame Azalea49
  • Fire pink45
  • Downy rattlesnake plantain38
  • Bashful wakerobin38
  • Little Sweet Betsy35
Where it sits

Where Fontana Lake sits

Region
North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park6
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Nearby places

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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 2026-09-10)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia