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Lago di Luzzone

1,576 m5,171 ft
Area
1.34 km²
Tonight
-2°CLight snow · Wind 5 km/h N

Lago di Luzzone is a lake at 1,576 m above sea level in Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, 1.34 km² in area and 3.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,576 m
Length
3.1 km
Shoreline
8.6 km
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Lake

Lago di Luzzone in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.1 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
8.6 km≈2¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lago di Luzzone 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.1 × 5.1 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lago di Luzzone terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lago di Luzzone elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lago di Luzzone weather

Tonight · Light snow · -2°C (28°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 5 km/h N

Lago di Luzzone forecast for about 1,576 m.

  • Tonight-2°0.1 mm5 km/h N
  • Today-2°1°4.9 mm12 km/h S
  • Sun-3°3°4.2 mm14 km/h S
  • Mon-4°8°–8 km/h NE
  • Tue3°12°0.1 mm3 km/h N
  • Wed4°8°0.1 mm6 km/h N
  • Thu1°9°–5 km/h NE
  • Fri0°9°–5 km/h N
  • Sat0°7°0.2 mm5 km/h N
  • Sun2°5°4.6 mm4 km/h SW

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 Lago di Luzzone

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

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km SSW
LareccParking1.0 km E
Parking1.1 km WSW
Rifugio Alpe ScaradraHut2.6 km ESE
Capanna Michela MotterascioHut3.6 km NE
Capanna ScalettaHut5.3 km NNW
Caravan site5.3 km SW
TCS Camping OlivoneCampsite5.4 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.1 × 5.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
9.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.1%
Steep, 30–45°
49.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
13.9%
Steeper than 30°
63.2% of the 26 km² view
Relief in view
1,568 m low point 1,208 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.6%Trees 33.6%Bare rock / sparse 7.0%Water 5.6%Moss & lichen 3.4%Snow & ice 0.8%

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 2.5 km; 258 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Heath8
  • Red Admiral6
  • Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth6
  • Dark-veined White6
  • Burnet Companion6
  • Fairy's-thimble6
Where it sits

Where Lago di Luzzone sits

Range
Alps751
Region
Canton of Ticino34Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Downloads

Lago di Luzzone 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 2026-09-27)
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
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
Wikidata · Wikipedia