Lake Elmenteita
- Area
- 21 km²
- Tonight
- 13°CClear · Wind 10 km/h E
Lake Elmenteita is a lake at 1,778 m above sea level in Nakuru County, Kenya, 21 km² in area and 8.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,778 m
- Length
- 8.6 km
- Shoreline
- 30.5 km
Lake Elmenteita in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 30.5 km≈7¾ h to walk around
Lake Elmenteita 3D map
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Lake Elmenteita terrain and contours
25 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 Elmenteita elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Elmenteita weather
Tonight · Clear · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 10 km/h E
Lake Elmenteita forecast for about 1,778 m.
- Tonight13°–10 km/h E
- Today14°28°0.2 mm19 km/h SE
- Sun13°28°–22 km/h SE
- Mon15°27°6.7 mm21 km/h S
- Tue16°22°7.9 mm6 km/h E
- Wed15°20°4.6 mm5 km/h W
- Thu16°22°10.0 mm3 km/h SE
- Fri14°25°3.3 mm13 km/h NW
- Sat14°20°12.9 mm6 km/h NW
- Sun13°21°7.4 mm15 km/h N
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 Elmenteita
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Elmenteita, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Duara Flamingo
Nearest parking
2.1 km E
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Duara FlamingoCampsite | 1.6 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.1 km E |
| Lake Elementaita Lodge CampsiteCampsite | 4.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 4.5 km E |
| Monkey Bridge CampsiteCampsite | 7.1 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 10.6 × 10.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.6% of the 112 km² view
- Relief in view
- 626 m low point 1,775 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 5.3 km; 262 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Stork21
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu21
- Greater Flamingo16
- Gray-hooded Gull16
- Purple Grenadier15
- Great White Pelican14
Where Lake Elmenteita sits
- Region
- Nakuru County3Kenya15Africa69
Nearby places
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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 2026 (scene 2026-06-06)
- 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
- 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)