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Lake Baringo

973 m3,192 ft
Area
201 km²
Max depth
5 m
Tonight
25°CCloudy · Wind 16 km/h E

Lake Baringo is a lake at 973 m above sea level in Kenya, 201 km² in area and 24.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
973 m
Length
24.5 km
Shoreline
136.9 km
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3D map

Lake Baringo 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Baringo topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Baringo elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Lake Baringo in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

24.5 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
136.9 km
Weather

Lake Baringo weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 25°C (77°F) · Wind 16 km/h E

Lake Baringo forecast for about 973 m.

  • Tonight25°–16 km/h E
  • Today25°34°1.3 mm14 km/h NW
  • Sun24°33°4.6 mm18 km/h N
  • Mon24°32°1.1 mm18 km/h E
  • Tue21°26°9.0 mm5 km/h NW
  • Wed22°26°7.5 mm10 km/h E
  • Thu22°27°6.2 mm10 km/h N
  • Fri22°28°9.0 mm11 km/h SE
  • Sat22°28°3.2 mm10 km/h S
  • Sun23°30°0.1 mm14 km/h E

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Baringo

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

  • Nearest hut

    Tumbili Cliff Lodge

    5.1 km W

  • Nearest campsite

    Robert's Camp

    7.1 km WSW · +1 more within 7.3 km

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Tumbili Cliff LodgeHut5.1 km W
Robert's CampCampsite7.1 km WSW
Bush Baby CampsiteCampsite7.3 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
517 m low point 967 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 47.1%Shrubland 38.0%Trees 10.5%Grassland 3.5%Cropland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Baringo sits

Region
Kenya15Africa69
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-01-07)
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