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Lake · Alta Verapaz Department

Laguna Lachuá

169 m554 ft
Area
4.18 km²
Max depth
222 m
Tonight
22°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h SW

Laguna Lachuá is a lake at 169 m above sea level in Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala, 4.18 km² in area and 2.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
169 m
Length
2.6 km
Shoreline
7.5 km
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Lake

Laguna Lachuá in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.6 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
7.5 km≈1¾ h to walk around
3D map

Laguna Lachuá 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.6 × 4.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Laguna Lachuá terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Laguna Lachuá elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Laguna Lachuá weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 22°C (72°F) · Wind 8 km/h SW

Laguna Lachuá forecast for about 169 m.

  • Tonight22°–8 km/h SW
  • Sat21°29°2.1 mm8 km/h E
  • Sun20°28°3.6 mm9 km/h S
  • Mon20°28°–3 km/h SE
  • Tue20°29°1.9 mm5 km/h SE
  • Wed22°29°2.3 mm8 km/h SW
  • Thu21°29°5.3 mm7 km/h NW
  • Fri21°28°–6 km/h NE
  • Sat20°30°2.4 mm5 km/h S
  • Sun22°29°0.8 mm4 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Laguna Lachuá

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

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Laguna LachuáHut1.9 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.6 × 4.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 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 21 km² view
Relief in view
76 m low point 163 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 79.9%Water 19.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Laguna Lachuá sits

Region
Guatemala16North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Laguna Lachuá 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 2026-01-08)
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)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia