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Lake McConaughy

988 m3,241 ft
Area
112 km²
Tonight
49°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–25 mph SSW

Lake McConaughy is a lake at 988 m above sea level in Nebraska, United States, 112 km² in area and 30.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
988 m
Length
30.8 km
Shoreline
104.4 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake McConaughy in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
104.4 km
3D map

Lake McConaughy 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake McConaughy terrain and contours

10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake McConaughy elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lake McConaughy weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 49°F (9°C) · 13% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–25 mph SSW

Lake McConaughy forecast for about 998 m.

  • Tonight49°13%10–25 mph SSW
  • Sat39°58°89%15–30 mph N
  • Sun40°51°95%10 mph ENE
  • Mon35°52°78%10–15 mph NNE
  • Tue41°59°19%5–10 mph SSE
  • Wed38°63°5%5–10 mph WNW
  • Thu38°58°12%5 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:47 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake McConaughy

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Ogallala Beach Campground

    2.4 km SSW · +2 more within 3.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    3.1 km NNW

    +2 more within 3.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Ogallala Beach CampgroundCampsite2.4 km SSW
Little ThunderCampsite2.9 km N
Parking3.1 km NNW
Parking3.1 km N
Parking3.2 km NNW
K-1 Cabin AreaCampsite3.4 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
187 m low point 940 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 60.6%Cropland 18.0%Water 16.5%Trees 2.1%Built-up 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,100 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Woodhouse's Toad84
  • Great Plains yucca54
  • Thistle poppy39
  • Bold Jumping Spider37
  • American White Pelican35
  • Prairie Lizard35
Where it sits

Where Lake McConaughy sits

Region
Nebraska4United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

Lake McConaughy downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-20)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia