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Lake Estes
- 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
Lake Estes in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 5.1 km≈1¼ h to walk around
Lake Estes 3D map
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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.
Lake Estes elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest parking
0.5 km NW
Nearest trailhead
Lumpy Ridge Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Hermit's Hollow Campground (Campground 1)
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Estes Park KOACaravan site | 0.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.5 km NW |
| Parking | 0.9 km SW |
| Parking | 1.0 km SW |
| Lumpy Ridge TrailheadTrailhead | 3.1 km NW |
| Hermit's Hollow Campground (Campground 1)Campsite | 3.2 km SE |
| Campsite | 3.9 km NE |
| Cabin LoopCampsite | 4.2 km SE |
| Manor RV ParkCaravan site | 4.6 km WSW |
| Spruce Lake RV ParkCaravan site | 4.8 km WSW |
| B2Trailhead | 7.6 km WSW |
| A1Trailhead | 7.6 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.7% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 466 m low point 2,244 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.
Where Lake Estes sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Sprague Lake2,648 m↑11 km SW
Bear Lake2,890 m↑15 km WSW
Dream Lake3,020 m↑16 km WSW
Longs Peak4,345 m↑17 km SW
Fall River Pass3,585 m↑23 km WNW
More in the Front Range 6
Lake Estes downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)