Lake MacDonnell
- Area
- 11 km²
- Tonight
- 14°CRain · Wind 47 km/h S
Lake MacDonnell is a lake at -3 m above sea level in South Australia, Australia, 11 km² in area and 5.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- -3 m
- Length
- 5.1 km
- Shoreline
- 16.2 km
Lake MacDonnell in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 16.2 km≈4 h to walk around
Lake MacDonnell 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.1 × 7.1 km
Lake MacDonnell terrain and contours
2 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 MacDonnell elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake MacDonnell weather
Today · Heavy rain · 14 / 21°C (57 / 70°F) · 13.4 mm · Wind 47 km/h S
Lake MacDonnell forecast for about -3 m.
- Today14°21°13.4 mm47 km/h S
- Sun9°17°–36 km/h SW
- Mon10°19°–25 km/h S
- Tue14°19°–22 km/h SE
- Wed18°25°7.1 mm22 km/h NE
- Thu17°31°3.0 mm25 km/h W
- Fri16°18°1.2 mm34 km/h W
- Sat12°20°–15 km/h S
- Sun21°28°–23 km/h N
- Mon18°27°–22 km/h SW
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 MacDonnell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake MacDonnell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Surfing Beach
Nearest caravan site
Point Sinclair Camping Ground
All mapped places 2
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Surfing BeachParking | 4.9 km SSW |
| Point Sinclair Camping GroundCaravan site | 5.4 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 7.1 × 7.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 50 km² view
- Relief in view
- 54 m low point -4 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 3.6 km; 17 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Banded Stilt6
- Red-capped Plover3
- Red-necked Stint2
- Red-necked Avocet2
- White Italian Snail2
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper1
Where Lake MacDonnell sits
- Region
- South Australia9Australia156Oceania282
Lake MacDonnell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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 2026-03-22)
- 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)