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Lake · Australian Capital Territory

Lake Burley Griffin

556 m1,824 ft
Area
6.28 km²
Max depth
18 m
Tonight
15°CLight rain showers · Wind 17 km/h N

Lake Burley Griffin is a lake at 556 m above sea level in Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 6.28 km² in area and 7.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
556 m
Length
7.8 km
Shoreline
41.3 km
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3D map

Lake Burley Griffin 3D map

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Topographic map

Lake Burley Griffin 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.

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Lake Burley Griffin elevation profile

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Lake

Lake Burley Griffin in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

7.8 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
41.3 km
Weather

Lake Burley Griffin weather

Today · Light rain showers at night · 15 / 25°C (59 / 77°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 17 km/h N

Lake Burley Griffin forecast for about 556 m.

  • Today15°25°0.6 mm17 km/h N
  • Sun10°24°16.6 mm32 km/h NW
  • Mon5°17°–21 km/h NW
  • Tue4°14°–20 km/h W
  • Wed6°17°–21 km/h NW
  • Thu9°20°–12 km/h NW
  • Fri11°18°6.7 mm11 km/h NW
  • Sat11°21°1.2 mm20 km/h W
  • Sun6°17°2.7 mm12 km/h S
  • Mon10°19°–7 km/h N

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 Burley Griffin

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km E

    +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Alivio Tourist Park

    4.1 km N · +2 more within 7.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Yarralumla BNT campsite

    4.4 km WSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km E
Parking0.5 km E
Parking0.5 km ENE
Alivio Tourist ParkCaravan site4.1 km N
Yarralumla BNT campsiteCampsite4.4 km WSW
Canberra Holiday VillageCaravan site6.4 km SE
Narrabundah Long Stay Caravan ParkCaravan site7.0 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 9.8 × 9.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
95.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
4.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 96 km² view
Relief in view
306 m low point 538 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.0%Grassland 22.8%Built-up 21.8%Water 7.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.9 km of Lake Burley Griffin.

NESW2 km5 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Black Mountain812 m 2.9 km NW
  2. 2Red Hill720 m 3.2 km S
  3. 3Davidson Hill750 m 4.6 km S
  4. 4Dairy Farmers Hill677 m 4.6 km W
  5. 5Mount Ainslie842 m 4.9 km NE
Where it sits

Where Lake Burley Griffin sits

Region
Australian Capital Territory11Australia156Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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 2026-03-14)
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)
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