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Lake Houston

13 m43 ft
Area
45 km²
Tonight
63°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph E

Lake Houston is a lake at 13 m above sea level in Texas, United States, 45 km² in area and 19.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
13 m
Length
19.4 km
Shoreline
262.2 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Houston in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

19.4 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
262.2 km
3D map

Lake Houston 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 Houston terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Houston 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 Houston weather

Tonight · Fair · 63°F (17°C) · Wind 0–5 mph E

Lake Houston forecast for about 13 m.

  • Tonight63°–0–5 mph E
  • Sat64°84°–5–10 mph E
  • Sun63°80°–5–10 mph E
  • Mon64°81°1%5 mph E
  • Tue64°80°6%5 mph E
  • Wed63°81°13%5 mph E
  • Thu64°82°16%5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:20 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Houston

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking3.1 km NNW
Parking3.1 km NNW
Parking3.2 km WNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
69 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.0%Grassland 21.1%Water 11.6%Built-up 11.4%Cropland 2.8%Bare rock / sparse 1.0%

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; 2,064 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bluegill460
  • Green Anole263
  • Plains Longear Sunfish192
  • Gulf Fritillary188
  • Great Egret177
  • Northern Cardinal174
Where it sits

Where Lake Houston sits

Region
Texas38United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Houston 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 2026-07-21)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia