
High Rock Lake
- 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
High Rock Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 383.0 km
High Rock Lake 3D map
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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.
High Rock Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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.
Nearest parking
2.2 km NNW
Nearest campsite
6.9 km NW
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 188 m low point 171 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.
Where High Rock Lake sits
- Region
- North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Badin Lake164 m↑27 km SSE
Lake Tillery↑50 km SSE
Lake Norman↑64 km WSW
Pilot MountainPeak · 738 m↑82 km NNW
Lake Wylie↑95 km SW
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High Rock 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 2026-09-04)
- 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)