Lake Naivasha
- Area
- 145 km²
- Max depth
- 6 m
- Tonight
- 15°CFair · Wind 9 km/h NE
Lake Naivasha is a lake at 1,882 m above sea level in Nakuru County, Kenya, 145 km² in area and 16.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,882 m
- Length
- 16.8 km
- Shoreline
- 85.8 km
Lake Naivasha 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18.8 × 18.8 km
Lake Naivasha topographic map
20 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 Naivasha elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Naivasha downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Naivasha in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 85.8 km
Lake Naivasha weather
Tonight · Fair · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 9 km/h NE
Lake Naivasha forecast for about 1,882 m.
- Tonight15°–9 km/h NE
- Today16°27°0.3 mm26 km/h E
- Sun16°26°–32 km/h E
- Mon16°25°3.5 mm22 km/h S
- Tue16°23°6.1 mm12 km/h S
- Wed15°21°4.2 mm9 km/h W
- Thu15°22°3.0 mm9 km/h N
- Fri16°20°5.3 mm21 km/h SW
- Sat15°19°12.0 mm11 km/h NW
- Sun14°23°3.6 mm6 km/h N
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Naivasha
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Naivasha, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Elsamere Parking and Reception
Nearest campsite
Fish Eagle
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Elsamere Parking and ReceptionParking | 6.4 km SW |
| Fish EagleCampsite | 6.5 km SSW |
| Parking | 6.6 km SE |
| Parking | 6.6 km SE |
| Fisherman's CampCampsite | 6.7 km SSW |
| NVA - Carnelly's CampCampsite | 6.7 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 18.8 × 18.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 353 km² view
- Relief in view
- 404 m low point 1,880 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 9.4 km; 607 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- African Fish-Eagle535
- Great Cormorant384
- Pied Kingfisher306
- Great White Pelican267
- Hadada Ibis244
- Superb Starling232
Where Lake Naivasha sits
- Region
- Nakuru County3Kenya15Africa69
Nearby places
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 2026-06-06)
- 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)