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Lake Estes

2,279 m7,477 ft
Area
0.55 km²
Tonight
38°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2–10 mph WSW

Lake Estes is a lake at 2,279 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 0.55 km² in area and 1.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,279 m
Length
1.9 km
Shoreline
5.1 km
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Lake

Lake Estes in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.9 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.1 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Estes 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Estes terrain and contours

20 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.

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Lake Estes elevation profile

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Weather

Lake Estes weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 38°F (3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–10 mph WSW

Lake Estes forecast for about 2,316 m.

  • Tonight38°1%2–10 mph WSW
  • Sat31°46°33%2–12 mph SE
  • Sun34°51°70%0–7 mph ENE
  • Mon32°52°36%0–6 mph S
  • Tue33°58°10%2–8 mph WSW
  • Wed32°56°5%3–9 mph WSW
  • Thu33°56°3%0–6 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Estes

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

  • Nearest caravan site

    Estes Park KOA

    0.2 km NNE · +2 more within 4.8 km

  • Nearest parking

    0.5 km NW

    +2 more within 1.0 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Lumpy Ridge Trailhead

    3.1 km NW · +2 more within 7.6 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Hermit's Hollow Campground (Campground 1)

    3.2 km SE · +2 more within 4.2 km

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Estes Park KOACaravan site0.2 km NNE
Parking0.5 km NW
Parking0.9 km SW
Parking1.0 km SW
Lumpy Ridge TrailheadTrailhead3.1 km NW
Hermit's Hollow Campground (Campground 1)Campsite3.2 km SE
Campsite3.9 km NE
Cabin LoopCampsite4.2 km SE
Manor RV ParkCaravan site4.6 km WSW
Spruce Lake RV ParkCaravan site4.8 km WSW
B2Trailhead7.6 km WSW
A1Trailhead7.6 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
81.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
15.5%
Steep, 30–45°
2.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
2.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
466 m low point 2,244 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.1%Grassland 27.7%Built-up 13.2%Water 4.0%Bare rock / sparse 2.2%Cropland 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Estes sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Front Range15
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
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Downloads

Lake Estes 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 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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)
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