Lake Illawarra
- Area
- 35 km²
- Tonight
- 17°CClear · Wind 18 km/h NE
Lake Illawarra is a lake at 0 m above sea level in New South Wales, Australia, 35 km² in area and 11.0 km long.
All facts
- Length
- 11.0 km
- Shoreline
- 53.6 km
Lake Illawarra in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap, surface from the 30 m terrain model.
- Surface elevation
- 0 m0 ft
- Shoreline
- 53.6 km
Lake Illawarra 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13 × 13 km
Lake Illawarra terrain and contours
5 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.
Lake Illawarra elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Illawarra weather
Today · Fair · 17 / 24°C (63 / 75°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 18 km/h NE
Lake Illawarra forecast for about 0 m.
- Today17°24°0.2 mm18 km/h NE
- Sun17°31°1.5 mm39 km/h N
- Mon11°20°0.2 mm30 km/h SE
- Tue8°20°0.5 mm17 km/h W
- Wed10°19°–11 km/h E
- Thu12°20°–9 km/h E
- Fri17°25°8.7 mm13 km/h N
- Sat14°26°4.5 mm14 km/h SW
- Sun12°19°2.1 mm21 km/h S
- Mon15°18°0.5 mm11 km/h SE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Illawarra
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Illawarra, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.5 km NNW
Nearest caravan site
Lake Illawarra Village
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.5 km NNW |
| Parking | 1.6 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.2 km NW |
| Lake Illawarra VillageCaravan site | 3.2 km ESE |
| Oaklands Caravan ParkCaravan site | 3.3 km ESE |
| Oasis by the LakeCaravan site | 3.5 km E |
Slope
Share of the 13 × 13 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 169 km² view
- Relief in view
- 134 m low point -3 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.5 km; 1,486 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Australian Pelican80
- White-faced Heron72
- Eastern Water Skink68
- Australian Magpie52
- Little Pied Cormorant45
- Common lantana43
Where Lake Illawarra sits
- Region
- New South Wales34Australia156Oceania282
Nearby places
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- 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 2026-01-28)
- 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
- 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)