Lake · Utah

Great Salt Lake

1,279 m4,196 ft

Area: 2,507 km²
Max depth: 11 m
Tonight: 44°FLight rain · Wind 14–24 mph NNW

Great Salt Lake is a lake at 1,279 m above sea level in Utah, United States, 2,507 km² in area and 115.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,279 m
Length: 115.6 km
Shoreline: 624.5 km

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3D map

Great Salt 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

Great Salt Lake topographic map

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Great Salt 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

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

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Print & wall

JPGGreat Salt Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-02.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Great Salt Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 624.5 km

Weather

Great Salt Lake weather

Tonight · Light rain · 44°F (7°C) · 18% chance of precipitation · Wind 14–24 mph NNW

Great Salt Lake forecast for about 1,265 m.

Tonight44°18%14–24 mph NNW
Sat43°55°2%14–23 mph N
Sun45°54°2%5–8 mph NW
Mon47°58°16%5–9 mph SE
Tue44°56°22%15 mph SW
Wed46°55°1%6–12 mph W
Thu47°57°9%3–8 mph NNW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

97.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 681 m low point 1,278 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 87.0%Bare rock / sparse 6.1%Grassland 5.8%Shrubland 1.0%

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; 20 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Rubber Rabbitbrush3
Greasewood2
Broom Snakeweed2
Greater Yellowlegs1
California Gull1
Canada Goose1

Where it sits

Where Great Salt Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Little Dell ReservoirLake · 1,760 m90 km ESE

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia