Lake · Florida

Lake Okeechobee

2 m7 ft

Area: 1,451 km²
Max depth: 3 m

Lake Okeechobee is a lake at 2 m above sea level in Florida, United States, 1,451 km² in area and 58.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2 m
Length: 58.6 km
Shoreline: 575.0 km

Open the 3D view

3D map

Lake Okeechobee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Okeechobee topographic map

1 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 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Okeechobee satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-17.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Okeechobee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 575.0 km

Weather

Lake Okeechobee weather

Lake Okeechobee forecast for about 2 m: unavailable right now. Try again in a few minutes.

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

100.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 11 m low point 2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 57.5%Wetland 21.2%Grassland 15.9%Trees 4.7%

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 10 km; 611 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

American Alligator44
Sailfin Catfishes31
Florida Spike28
Mayan Cichlid28
Florida Bass23
Osprey20

Where it sits

Where Lake Okeechobee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Apopka188 km NNW

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-17)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia