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Lake Chūzenji
- Area
- 12 km²
- Max depth
- 163 m
- Tonight
- 11°CCloudy · Wind 13 km/h SW
Lake Chūzenji is a lake at 1,269 m above sea level in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 12 km² in area and 6.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,269 m
- Length
- 6.8 km
- Shoreline
- 24.0 km
Lake Chūzenji in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 24.0 km≈6 h to walk around
Lake Chūzenji 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.8 × 8.8 km
Lake Chūzenji terrain and contours
100 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 Chūzenji elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Chūzenji weather
Today · Heavy rain · 11 / 12°C (52 / 54°F) · 8.3 mm · Wind 13 km/h SW
Lake Chūzenji forecast for about 1,269 m.
- Today11°12°8.3 mm13 km/h SW
- Sun12°17°11.6 mm12 km/h W
- Mon10°12°31.8 mm10 km/h S
- Tue6°15°2.7 mm18 km/h NW
- Wed0°6°0.1 mm12 km/h NW
- Thu6°7°0.5 mm10 km/h S
- Fri8°11°0.1 mm6 km/h SE
- Sat4°14°0.7 mm5 km/h SW
- Sun3°9°–4 km/h W
- Mon3°11°0.1 mm10 km/h NW
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 near Lake Chūzenji
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Chūzenji, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km N
Nearest campsite
菖蒲ヶ浜キャンプ場
Nearest hut
2.7 km ENE
Nearest trailhead
太郎山ハガタテ登山口
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km N |
| 菖蒲ヶ浜キャンプ場Campsite | 1.6 km NW |
| 竜頭ノ滝下バス駐車場Parking | 1.8 km NNW |
| 竜頭ノ滝下駐車場Parking | 1.8 km NNW |
| Campsite | 2.7 km SE |
| Hut | 2.7 km ENE |
| Hut | 3.0 km NE |
| Hut | 3.1 km NE |
| 太郎山ハガタテ登山口Trailhead | 6.8 km N |
Slope
Share of the 8.8 × 8.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 33.9% of the 77 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,565 m low point 914 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 4.4 km of Lake Chūzenji.
Summit list 3
- 1Mt. Sha1,827 m 2.5 km SSW
- 2Hangetsu-san1,753 m 3.5 km SSE
- 3Mount Nantai2,484 m 4.1 km NE
Where Lake Chūzenji sits
- Region
- Tochigi Prefecture3Japan153Asia964
- Protected area
- Nikkō National Park3
Nearby places
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- 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-19)
- 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)