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Lake · North Carolina

High Rock Lake

189 m620 ft
Area
50 km²
Tonight
45°FFair · Wind 3 mph NE

High Rock Lake is a lake at 189 m above sea level in North Carolina, United States, 50 km² in area and 22.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
189 m
Length
22.3 km
Shoreline
383.0 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

High Rock Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
383.0 km
3D map

High Rock 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

High Rock Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

High Rock Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

High Rock Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 45°F (7°C) · Wind 3 mph NE

High Rock Lake forecast for about 192 m.

  • Tonight45°–3 mph NE
  • Sat45°67°–5–8 mph NE
  • Sun45°69°–5–8 mph NE
  • Mon45°71°–2 mph NNE
  • Tue49°75°–2 mph NNE
  • Wed51°71°1%3 mph NE
  • Thu52°73°3%1 mph NE

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near High Rock Lake

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking2.2 km NNW
Parking2.3 km NNW
Parking3.6 km NNW
Campsite6.9 km NW
Slope

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°
98.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
188 m low point 171 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.7%Grassland 15.9%Water 11.2%Cropland 3.5%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where High Rock Lake sits

Region
North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

High Rock 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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia