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Lake Calumet

177 m581 ft
Area
1.72 km²
Tonight
50°FFair · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Calumet is a lake at 177 m above sea level in Illinois, United States, 1.72 km² in area and 2.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
177 m
Length
2.0 km
Shoreline
13.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Calumet in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.0 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
13.4 km≈3¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Calumet 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Calumet terrain and contours

2 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Calumet 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

Lake Calumet weather

Tonight · Fair · 50°F (10°C) · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Calumet forecast for about 179 m.

  • Tonight50°–5 mph SE
  • Sat51°72°–5–10 mph SSE
  • Sun53°75°–5 mph S
  • Mon51°65°1%5–10 mph N
  • Tue52°66°6%5 mph ESE
  • Wed53°70°6%5 mph S
  • Thu48°69°14%5–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Calumet

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km ENE
Parking1.5 km WNW
Parking1.5 km NW
Trailhead6.5 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
49 m low point 176 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 34.8%Water 22.7%Grassland 22.4%Trees 15.6%Cropland 2.2%Bare rock / sparse 1.7%Wetland 0.5%

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 2.0 km; 988 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Red-tailed Hawk219
  • Painted Turtle209
  • Bald Eagle169
  • Great Blue Heron129
  • American Herring Gull123
  • American Robin103
Where it sits

Where Lake Calumet sits

Region
Illinois6United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Calumet downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-22)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia