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Lake of the Clouds

328 m1,076 ft
Area
0.60 km²
Tonight
59°FCloudy · Wind 10–15 mph S

Lake of the Clouds is a lake at 328 m above sea level in Michigan, United States, 0.60 km² in area and 2.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
328 m
Length
2.1 km
Shoreline
4.7 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake of the Clouds in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.1 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.7 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake of the Clouds 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.1 × 4.1 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake of the Clouds terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake of the Clouds 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 of the Clouds weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 59°F (15°C) · 21% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph S

Lake of the Clouds forecast for about 377 m.

  • Tonight59°21%10–15 mph S
  • Sat46°71°55%10–15 mph S
  • Sun38°50°9%10 mph W
  • Mon36°44°14%10 mph NE
  • Tue42°46°36%5–10 mph E
  • Wed44°54°29%5–10 mph S
  • Thu39°49°22%15–20 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:37 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake of the Clouds

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.9 km NNW

    +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Backcountry Campsite #BC-2

    3.2 km WSW · +2 more within 6.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km NNW
Parking1.0 km W
Parking1.1 km NW
Backcountry Campsite #BC-2Campsite3.2 km WSW
Backcountry Campsite #LS-14Campsite6.0 km W
Backcountry Campsite #LS-13Campsite6.0 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.1 × 4.1 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
85.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
13.2%
Steep, 30–45°
1.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
1.7% of the 17 km² view
Relief in view
366 m low point 184 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.7%Water 4.5%Grassland 0.7%

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 2.0 km; 473 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American cancer-root79
  • Bearberry70
  • Eastern hemlock26
  • Northern red oak24
  • Three-toothed cinquefoil23
  • Round-lobed hepatica23
Where it sits

Where Lake of the Clouds sits

Region
Michigan29United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake of the Clouds downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia