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Lake Geneva

368 m1,207 ft

Area: 575 km²
Max depth: 309 m
Tonight: 8°CLight rain showers · Wind 32 km/h SW

Lake Geneva is a lake at 368 m above sea level in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 575 km² in area and 64.2 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 368 m
Length: 64.2 km
Shoreline: 249.5 km

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3D map

Lake Geneva 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Geneva topographic map

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Geneva elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Geneva satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Geneva in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 249.5 km

Weather

Lake Geneva weather

Tonight · Light rain showers · 8°C (46°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 32 km/h SW

Lake Geneva forecast for about 368 m.

Tonight8°1.4 mm32 km/h SW
Sat8°10°5.7 mm28 km/h SW
Sun8°14°8.5 mm36 km/h SW
Mon8°14°–6 km/h NE
Tue12°18°–5 km/h SW
Wed11°14°–17 km/h N
Thu9°14°–16 km/h N
Fri9°14°0.1 mm7 km/h NE
Sat9°13°1.7 mm10 km/h SW
Sun8°13°0.9 mm23 km/h SW

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

Camping & parking near Lake Geneva

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

Nearest parking
5.9 km SSW
+2 more within 5.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Camping municipal Parc de la Dranse
6.0 km SSW · +2 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	5.9 km SSW
Parking	5.9 km SSW
Parking	5.9 km SSW
Camping municipal Parc de la DranseCampsite	6.0 km SSW
Camping Saint-DisdilleCampsite	6.5 km SSW
Les HuttinsCampsite	6.5 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 90% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

89.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.4%

Steep, 30–45°

2.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 2.8% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,257 m low point 367 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 55.3%Trees 23.0%Grassland 14.4%Built-up 5.1%Cropland 2.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,069 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Crested Grebe103
Common Coot87
House Sparrow79
Black-headed Gull77
Great Cormorant64
Mallard64

Where it sits

Where Lake Geneva sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mont TendrePeak · 1,679 m27 km NW

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 2026-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lake Geneva

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite