Lake · United States

Lake Chicago

176 m577 ft

Area: 59,185 km²
Tonight: 54°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Lake Chicago is a lake at 176 m above sea level in United States, 59,185 km² in area and 522.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 176 m
Length: 522.7 km
Shoreline: 3,188.2 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Lake Chicago in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 3,188.2 km

3D map

Lake Chicago 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 Chicago 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 Chicago elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Chicago weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 54°F (12°C) · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Lake Chicago forecast for about 176 m.

Tonight54°–5–10 mph SE
Sat54°65°–10 mph SSE
Sun56°71°–5–10 mph S
Mon54°60°2%5–15 mph N
Tue55°60°8%10–15 mph E
Wed56°65°8%10 mph S
Thu51°64°15%10 mph WSW

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

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 36 m low point 175 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 58.2%Built-up 19.5%Trees 18.0%Grassland 4.1%

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 10 km; 3,887 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

American Robin1,036
Eastern Cottontail1,031
Monarch1,005
White-tailed Deer991
Eastern Gray Squirrel913
Black Swallowtail763

Where it sits

Where Lake Chicago sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Macatawa177 m148 km ENE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Chicago satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia