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Lake McDonald

961 m3,153 ft
Area
28 km²
Max depth
143 m
Tonight
35°FPartly cloudy · Wind 1 mph ENE

Lake McDonald is a lake at 961 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 28 km² in area and 15.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
961 m
Length
15.1 km
Shoreline
34.7 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake McDonald in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

15.1 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
34.7 km≈8¾ h to walk around
3D map

Lake McDonald 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17.1 × 17.1 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake McDonald terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake McDonald 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 McDonald weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 35°F (2°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 1 mph ENE

Lake McDonald forecast for about 960 m.

  • Tonight35°8%1 mph ENE
  • Sat32°50°3%1 mph SSE
  • Sun32°48°–0–5 mph NE
  • Mon36°53°19%1 mph NNE
  • Tue32°48°59%0 mph
  • Wed29°44°41%2 mph NNE
  • Thu29°46°17%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:01 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake McDonald

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.2 km SSW

    +2 more within 3.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    McDonald Lake Campground

    2.9 km NNE · +2 more within 5.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Lake McDonald Trailhead

    4.3 km WSW · +2 more within 4.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km SSW
Parking2.7 km ENE
McDonald Lake CampgroundCampsite2.9 km NNE
Parking3.2 km SSW
Fish CreekCampsite4.2 km WSW
Lake McDonald TrailheadTrailhead4.3 km WSW
Howe Lake TrailheadTrailhead4.7 km W
Lincoln Lake TrailheadTrailhead4.8 km NE
Sprague CreekCampsite5.5 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 17.1 × 17.1 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
58.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.2%
Steep, 30–45°
11.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.3%
Steeper than 30°
13.0% of the 292 km² view
Relief in view
1,647 m low point 958 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.2%Grassland 10.2%Water 9.7%Moss & lichen 1.0%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake McDonald sits

Region
Montana24United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Glacier National Park12
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Nearby places

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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 2026-07-29)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia