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Lake · Canton of Obwalden

Lake Lucerne

434 m1,424 ft
Area
113 km²
Max depth
214 m
Tonight
7°CLight rain showers · Wind 18 km/h SW

Lake Lucerne is a lake at 434 m above sea level in Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, 113 km² in area and 29.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
434 m
Length
29.2 km
Shoreline
154.9 km
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3D map

Lake Lucerne 3D map

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Topographic map

Lake Lucerne 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.

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Lake Lucerne elevation profile

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Lake

Lake Lucerne in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
154.9 km
Weather

Lake Lucerne weather

Tonight · Light rain showers · 7°C (45°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 18 km/h SW

Lake Lucerne forecast for about 434 m.

  • Tonight7°0.8 mm18 km/h SW
  • Today7°9°13.5 mm9 km/h S
  • Sun8°16°7.7 mm24 km/h NW
  • Mon7°12°–5 km/h N
  • Tue11°17°–3 km/h N
  • Wed10°13°1.5 mm5 km/h NW
  • Thu8°12°0.3 mm4 km/h N
  • Fri8°11°0.3 mm3 km/h N
  • Sat8°11°0.6 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun7°11°11.2 mm4 km/h NW

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

Camping & parking near Lake Lucerne

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

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km NNW
Parking1.2 km NNW
Parking1.2 km NNE
Campingplatz GerbeweidCampsite2.4 km NNE
Camping Buochs-VierwaldstätterseeCampsite4.7 km SSE
Camping International Lido LuzernCampsite5.8 km NW
RibihuisliHut7.7 km SSE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
64.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
21.8%
Steep, 30–45°
11.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.2%
Steeper than 30°
14.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,392 m low point 407 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.3%Grassland 26.7%Water 25.1%Built-up 7.7%Cropland 2.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Lucerne sits

Range
Alps751
Region
Canton of Obwalden4Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

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 2026-09-25)
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)
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