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Lake · Áncash Department

Lake Parón

4,147 m13,606 ft
Area
1.78 km²
Max depth
75 m
Tonight
5°CRain · Wind 6 km/h SW

Lake Parón is a lake at 4,147 m above sea level in Áncash Department, Peru, 1.78 km² in area and 3.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
4,147 m
Length
3.7 km
Shoreline
10.0 km
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Lake

Lake Parón in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.7 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
10.0 km≈2½ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Parón 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.7 × 5.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Parón terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Parón elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Parón weather

Tonight · Rain · 5°C (41°F) · 3.6 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Lake Parón forecast for about 4,147 m.

  • Tonight5°3.6 mm6 km/h SW
  • Sat4°12°3.7 mm10 km/h W
  • Sun4°10°10.1 mm9 km/h W
  • Mon2°12°0.4 mm10 km/h SW
  • Tue2°12°–13 km/h W
  • Wed0°12°–12 km/h W
  • Thu2°11°–12 km/h W
  • Fri0°12°–12 km/h W
  • Sat0°13°–10 km/h W
  • Sun4°11°7.2 mm6 km/h W

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Parón

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

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
TrekkingTrailhead0.6 km SE
Hut0.6 km SE
TrekkingTrailhead0.8 km S
Campsite0.9 km S
Caravan site0.9 km S
TrekkingTrailhead0.9 km S
Caravan site1.0 km S
Campsite5.0 km SW
Campamento LlamacorralCampsite5.5 km NNW
Refugio PerúHut7.3 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.7 × 5.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
14.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.8%
Steep, 30–45°
37.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
12.3%
Steeper than 30°
49.8% of the 32 km² view
Relief in view
1,869 m low point 4,010 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 32.8%Bare rock / sparse 32.4%Snow & ice 26.5%Water 6.2%Shrubland 1.6%Trees 0.6%

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 2.8 km; 38 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Peruvian Sierra-Finch6
  • Passiflora trifoliata5
  • Black-throated Flowerpiercer3
  • Tit-like Dacnis3
  • Plumbeous Sierra Finch3
  • Cacalote2
Where it sits

Where Lake Parón sits

Region
Áncash Department17Peru57South America235
Protected area
Huascarán National Park13
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-08-07)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia