Lake Magadi
- Area
- 15 km²
- Tonight
- 14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h S
Lake Magadi is a lake at 1,729 m above sea level in Tanzania, 15 km² in area and 6.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,729 m
- Length
- 6.0 km
- Shoreline
- 20.8 km
Lake Magadi in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 20.8 km≈5¼ h to walk around
Lake Magadi 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km
Lake Magadi 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 Magadi elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Magadi weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 14°C (57°F) · Wind 8 km/h S
Lake Magadi forecast for about 1,729 m.
- Tonight14°–8 km/h S
- Today14°27°–20 km/h SE
- Sun14°26°–22 km/h SE
- Mon14°25°3.6 mm21 km/h SE
- Tue17°24°3.5 mm14 km/h SE
- Wed16°24°3.4 mm9 km/h SE
- Thu16°24°4.8 mm8 km/h SE
- Fri15°25°2.4 mm12 km/h SE
- Sat16°20°8.7 mm6 km/h SE
- Sun16°22°6.2 mm5 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 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Magadi
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Magadi, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.7 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Simba B special campsite
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.7 km SSW |
| Simba B special campsiteCampsite | 6.6 km SW |
| Simba A public campsiteCampsite | 6.8 km SW |
| Parking | 7.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 7.4 km ESE |
| Nyati CampsiteCampsite | 7.9 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 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 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 113 m low point 1,729 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 4.0 km; 314 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Wildebeest287
- Gray Crowned-Crane273
- Thomson's Gazelle224
- Spotted Hyena216
- Greater Flamingo202
- Common Warthog175
Where Lake Magadi sits
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 2026-01-15)
- 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)