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Heart Lake
- Area
- 8.78 km²
- Tonight
- 24°FSleet showers · Wind 1–7 mph WNW
Heart Lake is a lake at 2,273 m above sea level in Wyoming, United States, 8.78 km² in area and 5.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,273 m
- Length
- 5.7 km
- Shoreline
- 18.0 km
Heart Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 18.0 km≈4½ h to walk around
Heart Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.7 × 7.7 km
Heart 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.
Heart Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Heart Lake weather
Tonight · Sleet showers · 24°F (-4°C) · 97% chance of precipitation · Wind 1–7 mph WNW
Heart Lake forecast for about 2,271 m.
- Tonight24°97%1–7 mph WNW
- Sat23°45°2%2 mph SW
- Sun25°49°4%0 mph
- Mon26°49°27%0–3 mph S
- Tue23°43°72%6–9 mph SW
- Wed22°42°32%6 mph SW
- Thu24°46°19%5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:47 UTC.
Camping & parking near Heart Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Heart Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Sheridan Creek
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Sheridan CreekCampsite | 1.1 km WNW |
| HideawayCampsite | 1.1 km WNW |
| Beaver CreekCampsite | 1.5 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 7.7 × 7.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 79% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.6% of the 59 km² view
- Relief in view
- 901 m low point 2,240 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 45 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wapiti4
- Common Merganser3
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake3
- Canada Jay2
- Brown Bear2
- Mule Deer2
Where Heart Lake sits
- Region
- Wyoming24United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yellowstone National Park10
Nearby places
Heart Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
- 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)