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Lake · Washington

Lake Crescent

178 m584 ft
Area
20 km²
Max depth
190 m
Tonight
40°FCloudy · Wind 0 mph

Lake Crescent is a lake at 178 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 20 km² in area and 13.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
178 m
Length
13.0 km
Shoreline
37.6 km
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Lake

Lake Crescent in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

13.0 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
37.6 km≈9½ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Crescent 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Crescent terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Crescent elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Crescent weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 40°F (4°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 0 mph

Lake Crescent forecast for about 176 m.

  • Tonight40°6%0 mph
  • Sat42°48°78%2 mph N
  • Sun43°50°67%1–6 mph ENE
  • Mon42°53°11%0–3 mph ENE
  • Tue41°52°33%1 mph NNW
  • Wed40°51°15%0–3 mph E
  • Thu41°52°8%0–5 mph ENE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Crescent

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.9 km SSW

    +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Spruce Railroad Trailhead (North Shore Road)

    1.0 km NNE · +2 more within 1.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Log Cabin Campground

    4.7 km NE · +2 more within 6.5 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km SSW
Spruce Railroad Trailhead (North Shore Road)Trailhead1.0 km NNE
Aurora Creek TrailheadTrailhead1.2 km SW
Aurora Creek TrailheadTrailhead1.2 km SW
Parking2.2 km E
Parking2.2 km WNW
Log Cabin CampgroundCampsite4.7 km NE
Camp David Jr.Campsite4.8 km WNW
Fairholme CampgroundCampsite6.5 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15 × 15 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
31.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.9%
Steep, 30–45°
29.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.1%
Steeper than 30°
34.0% of the 225 km² view
Relief in view
1,606 m low point 32 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 89.6%Water 9.1%Grassland 1.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.5 km of Lake Crescent.

NESW5 km10 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Pyramid Mountain945 m 1.1 km NE
  2. 2Aurora Peak1,448 m 4.7 km S
  3. 3Aurora Peak-Southwest Summit1,435 m 5.0 km S
  4. 4Peak 44001,341 m 5.0 km SSW
  5. 5Sourdough Mountain1,402 m 5.7 km SW
  6. 6Sourdough Mountain-South Ridge1,372 m 6.5 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.5 km; 942 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Devil's Club403
  • Pacific madrone273
  • Broad-leaved Stonecrop253
  • Pacific Banana Slug252
  • Western sword fern246
  • Cascade Oregon-grape213
Where it sits

Where Lake Crescent sits

Region
Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-08-05)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia