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Lake Cumberland

216 m709 ft
Area
140 km²
Tonight
46°FFair · Wind 2 mph ENE

Lake Cumberland is a lake at 216 m above sea level in Kentucky, United States, 140 km² in area and 58.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
216 m
Length
58.0 km
Shoreline
954.0 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Cumberland in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
954.0 km
3D map

Lake Cumberland 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 Cumberland terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Cumberland elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Cumberland weather

Tonight · Fair · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 2 mph ENE

Lake Cumberland forecast for about 220 m.

  • Tonight46°–2 mph ENE
  • Sat47°75°–2 mph SE
  • Sun47°75°–2 mph NNW
  • Mon48°74°–2 mph NW
  • Tue51°75°–1 mph NE
  • Wed50°75°1%0–3 mph SW
  • Thu49°76°1%0–3 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Cumberland

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking4.1 km N
Parking4.1 km N
Parking4.1 km N
Campsite7.8 km ESE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
65.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
23.7%
Steep, 30–45°
10.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
11.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
275 m low point 169 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 60.2%Water 22.9%Grassland 14.4%Cropland 1.7%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Cumberland sits

Region
Kentucky3United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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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 2026-09-15)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia