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Lake Nakuru

1,762 m5,781 ft
Area
69 km²
Max depth
3 m
Tonight
16°CClear · Wind 8 km/h S

Lake Nakuru is a lake at 1,762 m above sea level in Kenya, 69 km² in area and 13.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,762 m
Length
13.2 km
Shoreline
39.1 km
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3D map

Lake Nakuru 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.2 × 15.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Nakuru 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Nakuru 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.
Downloads

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

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Lake

Lake Nakuru in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

13.2 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
39.1 km≈9¾ h to walk around
Weather

Lake Nakuru weather

Tonight · Clear · 16°C (61°F) · Wind 8 km/h S

Lake Nakuru forecast for about 1,762 m.

  • Tonight16°–8 km/h S
  • Today17°29°–19 km/h SE
  • Sun16°29°–22 km/h SE
  • Mon17°28°3.1 mm20 km/h SE
  • Tue17°21°5.2 mm7 km/h E
  • Wed17°21°2.7 mm3 km/h N
  • Thu17°23°6.1 mm8 km/h NW
  • Fri16°25°6.6 mm18 km/h N
  • Sat16°22°8.6 mm14 km/h N
  • Sun15°22°4.5 mm19 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Nakuru

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking3.2 km WNW
Flamingo Hill CampCampsite5.9 km NNW
Parking8.0 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15.2 × 15.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 231 km² view
Relief in view
340 m low point 1,761 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 29.0%Grassland 25.0%Trees 16.1%Cropland 12.7%Built-up 9.7%Shrubland 7.0%

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 7.6 km; 507 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Great White Pelican439
  • Olive Baboon355
  • Impala273
  • Marabou Stork246
  • African Fish-Eagle226
  • Yellow-billed Stork221
Where it sits

Where Lake Nakuru sits

Region
Kenya15Africa69
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Sources

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 2026-01-15)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia