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Lake Havasu

137 m449 ft
Area
65 km²
Max depth
11 m
Tonight
62°FFair · Wind 2–8 mph NNW

Lake Havasu is a lake at 137 m above sea level in Arizona, United States, 65 km² in area and 37.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
137 m
Length
37.4 km
Shoreline
260.3 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Havasu in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
260.3 km
3D map

Lake Havasu 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Havasu terrain and contours

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Havasu elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lake Havasu weather

Tonight · Fair · 62°F (17°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–8 mph NNW

Lake Havasu forecast for about 155 m.

  • Tonight62°1%2–8 mph NNW
  • Sat62°81°1%3–7 mph NNW
  • Sun63°83°–2 mph N
  • Mon64°85°–0–3 mph N
  • Tue64°87°–2 mph SE
  • Wed65°85°5%2 mph ESE
  • Thu66°83°11%3 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Havasu

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

  • Nearest caravan site

    Havasu Landing Resort & Casino Campground

    2.1 km WNW · +2 more within 2.5 km

  • Nearest parking

    2.3 km W

    +2 more within 2.4 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Havasu Landing Resort & Casino CampgroundCaravan site2.1 km WNW
Caravan site2.2 km W
Parking2.3 km W
Parking2.4 km E
Parking2.4 km ENE
Lake Havasu State ParkCaravan site2.5 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
85.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
13.1%
Steep, 30–45°
1.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
1.9% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
797 m low point 137 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 76.8%Water 10.4%Built-up 9.8%Shrubland 1.7%Trees 0.8%

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; 570 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard125
  • Great-tailed Grackle124
  • Ring-billed Gull106
  • American Coot60
  • Creosote Bush60
  • Arrowweed54
Where it sits

Where Lake Havasu sits

Region
Arizona28United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Havasu 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 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia