Lake Chala
- Area
- 4.26 km²
- Tonight
- 20°CCloudy · Wind 11 km/h S
Lake Chala is a lake at 873 m above sea level in Kilimanjaro Region, Kenya, 4.26 km² in area and 2.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 873 m
- Length
- 2.8 km
- Shoreline
- 8.6 km
Lake Chala in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.6 km≈2¼ h to walk around
Lake Chala 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.8 × 4.8 km
Lake Chala terrain and contours
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.
Lake Chala elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Chala weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 20°C (68°F) · Wind 11 km/h S
Lake Chala forecast for about 873 m.
- Tonight20°–11 km/h S
- Today18°32°–26 km/h SE
- Sun18°32°2.1 mm29 km/h S
- Mon19°27°24.6 mm24 km/h SE
- Tue20°25°11.9 mm6 km/h NE
- Wed21°26°10.9 mm11 km/h NW
- Thu19°29°1.6 mm14 km/h N
- Fri20°29°6.9 mm12 km/h NE
- Sat20°24°9.9 mm11 km/h NE
- Sun19°26°6.2 mm17 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 near Lake Chala
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Chala, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Lake Chala Lodge and campsite
Nearest parking
1.7 km WNW
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Lake Chala Lodge and campsiteCampsite | 1.6 km NW |
| Parking | 1.7 km WNW |
| Campsite | 1.8 km WNW |
| Campsite | 1.9 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 4.8 × 4.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.3% of the 23 km² view
- Relief in view
- 309 m low point 810 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.4 km; 247 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- White-bellied Go-away-bird16
- Von der Decken's Hornbill15
- White-rumped Shrike13
- African Fish-Eagle11
- Verreaux's Eagle10
- Blue Monkey10
Where Lake Chala sits
Nearby places
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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 2026-08-10)
- 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)