Lake Macquarie
- Area
- 109 km²
- Tonight
- 19°CClear · Wind 32 km/h E
Lake Macquarie is a lake at 0 m above sea level in New South Wales, Australia, 109 km² in area and 24.9 km long.
All facts
- Length
- 24.9 km
- Shoreline
- 214.2 km
Lake Macquarie in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap, surface from the 30 m terrain model.
- Surface elevation
- 0 m0 ft
- Shoreline
- 214.2 km
Lake Macquarie 3D map
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Lake Macquarie 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 Macquarie elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Macquarie weather
Today · Light rain showers · 19 / 24°C (66 / 75°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 32 km/h E
Lake Macquarie forecast for about 0 m.
- Today19°24°0.4 mm32 km/h E
- Sun20°29°9.3 mm33 km/h NW
- Mon16°21°2.7 mm39 km/h S
- Tue13°19°1.5 mm10 km/h E
- Wed14°19°–14 km/h E
- Thu15°20°–18 km/h E
- Fri18°23°9.1 mm14 km/h NE
- Sat18°27°4.8 mm18 km/h NW
- Sun14°19°4.7 mm28 km/h S
- Mon16°19°0.4 mm16 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 Macquarie
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Macquarie, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
Wangi Point Lakeside Holiday Park
Nearest parking
1.4 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Lake Macquarie Outdoor Recreation Centre
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Wangi Point Lakeside Holiday ParkCaravan site | 1.3 km SE |
| Parking | 1.4 km WNW |
| Parking | 2.0 km W |
| Parking | 2.0 km NW |
| Summerhill ParkCaravan site | 2.2 km W |
| Swansea Gardens Lakeside Holiday ParkCaravan site | 3.3 km ESE |
| Lake Macquarie Outdoor Recreation CentreCampsite | 6.3 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 143 m low point -2 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 10 km; 2,602 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Sydney Octopus310
- East-Australian Stripey220
- White's Seahorse217
- Rainbow Lorikeet173
- Australian Pelican172
- White-spotted Puffer171
Where Lake Macquarie 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)