Lake Ōhau
- Area
- 59 km²
- Tonight
- 9°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h NW
Lake Ōhau is a lake at 520 m above sea level in Canterbury Region, New Zealand, 59 km² in area and 16.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 520 m
- Length
- 16.1 km
- Shoreline
- 51.0 km
Lake Ōhau in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 51.0 km
Lake Ōhau 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18.1 × 18.1 km
Lake Ōhau terrain and contours
50 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 Ōhau elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Ōhau weather
Today · Clear · 9 / 18°C (48 / 64°F) · Wind 17 km/h NW
Lake Ōhau forecast for about 520 m.
- Today9°18°–17 km/h NW
- Sun11°16°2.1 mm21 km/h NW
- Mon8°15°60.9 mm37 km/h NW
- Tue4°10°0.2 mm12 km/h NW
- Wed6°10°16.2 mm17 km/h NW
- Thu1°9°0.8 mm18 km/h NW
- Fri8°10°1.3 mm16 km/h NW
- Sat10°14°6.2 mm11 km/h NW
- Sun10°12°69.5 mm4 km/h NE
- Mon4°7°8.3 mm11 km/h S
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 near Lake Ōhau
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Ōhau, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.2 km E
Nearest hut
Greta Lodge
Nearest campsite
Lake Middleton Campsite
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.2 km E |
| Greta LodgeHut | 2.3 km ENE |
| Lake Middleton CampsiteCampsite | 2.7 km S |
| Campsite | 2.8 km S |
| Campsite | 3.0 km S |
| Parking | 4.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.2 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 18.1 × 18.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 22.6% of the 328 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,495 m low point 504 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 9.1 km; 675 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Red mistletoe104
- Southern Alps Gecko53
- Miki39
- Colenso's mingimingi39
- Golden Spaniard39
- Rifleman38
Where Lake Ōhau sits
- Region
- Canterbury Region22New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby places
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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 2026-03-21)
- 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)