Lake Merwin
- Area
- 15 km²
- Tonight
- 40°FFair · Wind 1–6 mph NE
Lake Merwin is a lake at 72 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 15 km² in area and 14.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 72 m
- Length
- 14.0 km
- Shoreline
- 40.9 km
Lake Merwin in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 40.9 km
Lake Merwin 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 16 × 16 km
Lake Merwin terrain and contours
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 Merwin elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Merwin weather
Today · Clear · 40 / 53°F (4 / 12°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 3 mph NW
Lake Merwin forecast for about 182 m.
- Today40°53°2%3 mph NW
- Sat44°57°44%0–5 mph SE
- Sun46°54°70%2–7 mph ESE
- Mon46°55°59%1–7 mph SE
- Tue44°53°37%1 mph S
- Wed45°55°37%2–6 mph E
- Thu43°57°16%1–13 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Merwin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Merwin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.5 km W
Slope
Share of the 16 × 16 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 57% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.3% of the 256 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,029 m low point 15 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 8.0 km; 461 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Pacific Bleeding Heart15
- Western sword fern14
- Salmonberry11
- Purple foxglove11
- Western Lily of the Valley11
- Cascade Oregon-grape11
Where Lake Merwin sits
- Region
- Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Swift ReservoirLake · 308 m↑23 km ENE
Mount St. HelensPeak · 2,549 m↑32 km NE
Spirit Lake1,039 m↑42 km NE
Lake Bonneville↑59 km ESE
Lost Lake959 m↑74 km SE
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Lake Merwin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
- 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)
- 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)