Lake Mead
- Area
- 331 km²
- Max depth
- 162 m
- Tonight
- 61°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph N
Lake Mead is a lake at 330 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 331 km² in area and 66.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 330 m
- Length
- 66.2 km
- Shoreline
- 767.7 km
Lake Mead 3D map
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Lake Mead topographic map
50 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.
Lake Mead elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Mead downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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Lake Mead in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 767.7 km
Lake Mead weather
Tonight · Fair · 61°F (16°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph N
Lake Mead forecast for about 329 m.
- Tonight61°2%5–10 mph N
- Sat62°75°3%5–13 mph N
- Sun62°74°–1–6 mph N
- Mon63°76°–3 mph N
- Tue63°77°–1–5 mph S
- Wed64°77°3%3 mph W
- Thu64°76°16%5 mph SSE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Mead
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Mead, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
6.9 km NNW
Nearest campsite
Echo Bay Lower Campground
Nearest caravan site
Echo Bay RV Village
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 6.9 km NNW |
| Parking | 7.0 km NNW |
| Parking | 7.0 km NNW |
| Campsite | 7.1 km WSW |
| Echo Bay Lower CampgroundCampsite | 7.1 km NNW |
| Echo Bay Upper CampgroundCampsite | 7.7 km NNW |
| Echo Bay RV VillageCaravan site | 7.7 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 69% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 982 m low point 330 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; 221 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Las Vegas Bear-poppy104
- Silverleaf Sunray74
- Beavertail Pricklypear39
- Silver Cholla35
- Creosote Bush30
- Desert rock nettle22
Where Lake Mead sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
- 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
- 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)