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Inspiration Lake

14 m46 ft
Tonight
23°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h N

Inspiration Lake is a lake at 14 m above sea level in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.

All facts
Surface elevation
14 m
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3D map

Inspiration Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Inspiration Lake terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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

Inspiration Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Inspiration Lake weather

Today · Fair · 23 / 31°C (73 / 88°F) · Wind 24 km/h N

Inspiration Lake forecast for about 14 m.

  • Today23°31°–24 km/h N
  • Sun23°31°–22 km/h N
  • Mon23°30°0.4 mm25 km/h E
  • Tue25°30°1.4 mm14 km/h E
  • Wed24°28°0.4 mm20 km/h E
  • Thu24°29°–14 km/h E
  • Fri24°29°–15 km/h E
  • Sat25°29°0.1 mm15 km/h SE
  • Sun25°29°–12 km/h SE
  • Mon25°31°1.3 mm12 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Inspiration Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    大嶼山充電站暨「粵車南下」資訊中心 Lantau Charging Station cum Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles Information Centre

    0.5 km SE · +2 more within 0.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    小島山丘 Island Hideout

    3.6 km NNE · +2 more within 3.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    南面入口 South Entrance

    6.7 km ENE · +1 more within 7.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
大嶼山充電站暨「粵車南下」資訊中心 Lantau Charging Station cum Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles Information CentreParking0.5 km SE
Parking0.7 km SE
Parking0.8 km S
Campsite3.5 km NNE
Campsite3.5 km NNE
小島山丘 Island HideoutCampsite3.6 km NNE
南面入口 South EntranceTrailhead6.7 km ENE
北面入口 North EntranceTrailhead7.0 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
70.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.7%
Steep, 30–45°
3.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
3.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
285 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 44.3%Trees 42.8%Built-up 6.9%Grassland 3.9%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%Cropland 0.7%

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 2 km; 761 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Light-vented Bulbul144
  • Red-whiskered Bulbul119
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow69
  • Black-collared Starling45
  • Crested Myna38
  • Oriental Magpie-Robin36
Where it sits

Where Inspiration Lake sits

Region
Hong Kong11China121Asia964
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Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-13)
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)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Official website · Wikidata · Wikipedia