Lake Chelan
- Area
- 132 km²
- Max depth
- 144 m
- Tonight
- 37°FFair · Wind 1 mph E
Lake Chelan is a lake at 332 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 132 km² in area and 73.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 332 m
- Length
- 73.2 km
- Shoreline
- 198.3 km
Lake Chelan 3D map
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Lake Chelan topographic map
50 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.
Lake Chelan elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Chelan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Chelan in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 198.3 km
Lake Chelan weather
Tonight · Fair · 37°F (3°C) · Wind 1 mph E
Lake Chelan forecast for about 334 m.
- Tonight37°–1 mph E
- Sat41°53°11%0 mph
- Sun44°54°28%1 mph N
- Mon44°56°28%1 mph N
- Tue43°56°30%1 mph NW
- Wed40°52°32%1 mph N
- Thu40°52°20%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:52 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Chelan
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Chelan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.7 km SW
Nearest caravan site
Chelan RV Rentals
Nearest trailhead
Lucas Homestead Trailhead
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.7 km SW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SW |
| Chelan RV RentalsCaravan site | 1.2 km N |
| Lakeshore RV ParkCaravan site | 1.6 km ENE |
| Lucas Homestead TrailheadTrailhead | 5.8 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 12.8% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 950 m low point 216 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Lake Chelan.
Summit list 3
- 1Water Tower Hill662 m 2.2 km NE
- 2Chelan Butte1,162 m 4.3 km S
- 3Deer Mountain975 m 5.2 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 480 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mallard56
- California Quail46
- Antelope Bitterbrush26
- Western Fence Lizard22
- Western Ponderosa Pine22
- Brewer's Blackbird18
Where Lake Chelan sits
- Region
- Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-18)
- 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)
- 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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)