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Lake Orta

289 m948 ft

Area: 18 km²
Max depth: 143 m
Tonight: 9°CFair · Wind 12 km/h NW

Lake Orta is a lake at 289 m above sea level in Piedmont, Italy, 18 km² in area and 12.5 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 289 m
Length: 12.5 km
Shoreline: 36.3 km

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3D map

Lake Orta 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Orta topographic map

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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Orta elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Orta satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Orta in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 36.3 km≈9 h to walk around

Weather

Lake Orta weather

Tonight · Fair · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 12 km/h NW

Lake Orta forecast for about 289 m.

Tonight9°–12 km/h NW
Today7°15°–13 km/h NW
Sun7°14°0.4 mm14 km/h NW
Mon7°16°–11 km/h NW
Tue8°17°–4 km/h SE
Wed10°18°–4 km/h SE
Thu8°17°–6 km/h E
Fri9°15°–5 km/h SE
Sat8°15°–6 km/h SE
Sun9°14°0.8 mm5 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Orta

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

Nearest parking
0.9 km NE
+2 more within 0.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Verde Lago
1.1 km E · +2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Area camper Orta San Giulio
2.0 km SE · +2 more within 2.5 km
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Nearest hut
Rifugio Primatesta
7.0 km WSW
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km NE
Parking	0.9 km WNW
Parking	0.9 km ENE
Verde LagoCampsite	1.1 km E
AllegroCampsite	1.2 km NNE
Caravan site	2.0 km SSW
Area camper Orta San GiulioCaravan site	2.0 km SE
Camping OrtaCampsite	2.1 km ESE
Caravan site	2.5 km SSW
Rifugio PrimatestaHut	7.0 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 14.5 × 14.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

40.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.9%

Steep, 30–45°

14.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 14.9% of the 210 km² view
Relief in view: 1,217 m low point 287 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.1%Water 8.7%Grassland 7.2%Built-up 4.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.2 km of Lake Orta.

Summit list 9

1Monte Trevigno1,117 m 4.4 km WNW
2Monte Mazzone1,234 m 4.9 km NW
3Monte Piogera / Monte Pizzanigugn / Monte La Nave1,246 m 5.3 km WNW
4Monte Avigno1,136 m 5.4 km SW
5Monte Mazzarone1,146 m 5.7 km NE
6Bric Cortaccio1,055 m 5.9 km W
7Monte Vaiga936 m 6.1 km SW
8Monti di Prerro957 m 6.3 km SSW
9Cima Soliva1,130 m 6.4 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.2 km; 1,579 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard73
Mallard63
Common Merganser51
Italian Sparrow43
Japanese Beetle40
Ivy-leaved toadflax36

Where it sits

Where Lake Orta sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Valle Vigezzo37 km NNE

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 2026-09-27)
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
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

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