Also on the map ofGreat Dividing Range
Lake Eacham
- Area
- 0.46 km²
- Tonight
- 18°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h NE
Lake Eacham is a lake at 765 m above sea level in Queensland, Australia, 0.46 km² in area and 1.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 765 m
- Length
- 1.0 km
- Shoreline
- 3.0 km
Lake Eacham in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 3.0 km≈45 min to walk around
Lake Eacham 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Lake Eacham terrain and contours
10 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 Eacham elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Eacham weather
Today · Rain showers · 18 / 26°C (64 / 79°F) · 3.4 mm · Wind 17 km/h NE
Lake Eacham forecast for about 765 m.
- Today18°26°3.4 mm17 km/h NE
- Sun18°25°3.5 mm13 km/h NE
- Mon18°28°1.2 mm13 km/h E
- Tue20°26°2.4 mm12 km/h E
- Wed20°26°3.7 mm15 km/h E
- Thu20°25°1.1 mm19 km/h E
- Fri20°26°0.8 mm17 km/h E
- Sat19°26°0.1 mm11 km/h SE
- Sun18°27°4.3 mm11 km/h E
- Mon20°26°1.7 mm12 km/h NE
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Eacham
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Eacham, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.5 km E
Nearest caravan site
Lake Eacham Caravan Park
Nearest campsite
Lakeside Caravan Park
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.5 km E |
| Lake Eacham Caravan ParkCaravan site | 1.6 km SE |
| Parking | 4.7 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.7 km NNE |
| Lakeside Caravan ParkCaravan site | 5.8 km NW |
| Lakeside Caravan ParkCampsite | 5.9 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 156 m low point 669 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 1,789 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Victoria's Riflebird207
- Striped Possum195
- Australian Brushturkey168
- Queensland Barred Bandicoot162
- Pale-yellow Robin157
- Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle152
Where Lake Eacham sits
- Range
- Great Dividing Range31
- Region
- Queensland12Australia156Oceania282
Nearby places
Mount Bartle FrerePeak · 1,611 m↑24 km ESE
Walshs PyramidPeak · 922 m↑25 km NE
Thornton Peak1,374 m↑128 km NNW
More in the Great Dividing Range 6
Lake Eacham downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.
Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
Data sources
- 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 2025-10-02)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)