Kodaikanal Lake
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- Tonight
- 12°CLight rain · Wind 9 km/h SE
Kodaikanal Lake is a lake at 2,087 m above sea level in Tamil Nadu, India, 0.22 km² in area and 1.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,087 m
- Length
- 1.0 km
- Shoreline
- 4.4 km
Kodaikanal Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 4.4 km≈1 h to walk around
Kodaikanal Lake 3D map
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Kodaikanal Lake terrain and contours
50 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.
Kodaikanal Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Kodaikanal Lake weather
Today · Heavy rain · 12 / 17°C (54 / 63°F) · 15.9 mm · Wind 9 km/h SE
Kodaikanal Lake forecast for about 2,087 m.
- Today12°17°15.9 mm9 km/h SE
- Sun13°16°42.8 mm7 km/h SE
- Mon12°14°51.9 mm7 km/h N
- Tue14°14°1.4 mm6 km/h NW
- Wed13°19°1.6 mm6 km/h S
- Thu13°20°2.5 mm5 km/h S
- Fri13°19°1.8 mm6 km/h SE
- Sat12°19°2.9 mm5 km/h SE
- Sun10°18°3.9 mm7 km/h SE
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 near Kodaikanal Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kodaikanal Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km NNE
Nearest hut
2.0 km S
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 14.4% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,266 m low point 1,067 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 2 km; 550 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Bonnet Macaque54
- Pied Bushchat44
- Red-disc Bushbrown42
- Red-whiskered Bulbul34
- Kodaikanal Dravid Gecko34
- Indian Giant Squirrel33
Where Kodaikanal Lake sits
- Region
- Tamil Nadu8India313Asia964
Nearby places
Berijam Lake↑11 km WSW
Manjampatti Valley↑27 km WNW
Cumbum Valley↑59 km SSW
Aliyar ReservoirLake↑62 km WNW
Valankulam Lake↑101 km NNW
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-10)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)