Lake Ilopango
- Area
- 70 km²
- Max depth
- 230 m
- Tonight
- 22°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h N
Lake Ilopango is a lake at 441 m above sea level in El Salvador, 70 km² in area and 12.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 441 m
- Length
- 12.6 km
- Shoreline
- 54.8 km
Lake Ilopango in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 54.8 km
Lake Ilopango 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.6 × 14.6 km
Lake Ilopango terrain and contours
20 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 Ilopango elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Ilopango weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 22°C (72°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 17 km/h N
Lake Ilopango forecast for about 441 m.
- Tonight22°0.1 mm17 km/h N
- Sat21°29°–21 km/h N
- Sun21°29°–23 km/h N
- Mon21°28°–17 km/h N
- Tue22°29°–8 km/h N
- Wed22°29°–7 km/h N
- Thu22°29°0.2 mm10 km/h N
- Fri23°29°6.7 mm7 km/h N
- Sat22°29°–8 km/h N
- Sun22°29°–9 km/h N
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Ilopango
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Ilopango, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.8 km NW
Slope
Share of the 14.6 × 14.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.5% of the 213 km² view
- Relief in view
- 592 m low point 416 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 7.3 km of Lake Ilopango.
Summit list 3
- 1Loma Tenango524 m 4.1 km W
- 2Cerro Culatillo550 m 4.5 km E
- 3Cerro Cabildo627 m 4.8 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.3 km; 369 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker23
- Black Spiny-tailed Iguana23
- Lesson's Motmot20
- Clay-colored Thrush19
- Black Vulture17
- Baltimore Oriole16
Where Lake Ilopango sits
- Region
- El Salvador13North America1,313
Nearby places
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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 2026-04-10)
- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)