Lake Phelps
- Area
- 64 km²
- Tonight
- 57°FPartly cloudy · Wind 15 mph NE
Lake Phelps is a lake at 3 m above sea level in North Carolina, United States, 64 km² in area and 11.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 3 m
- Length
- 11.3 km
- Shoreline
- 32.1 km
Lake Phelps in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 32.1 km≈8 h to walk around
Lake Phelps 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.3 × 13.3 km
Lake Phelps terrain and contours
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.
Lake Phelps elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Phelps weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 57°F (14°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph NE
Lake Phelps forecast for about 3 m.
- Tonight57°1%15 mph NE
- Sat58°67°3%12–15 mph NE
- Sun54°69°–15 mph NE
- Mon51°67°–7–13 mph NE
- Tue57°71°–5–9 mph N
- Wed60°70°6%10 mph NE
- Thu60°72°11%6 mph NE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 02:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Phelps
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Phelps, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.1 km NNE
Nearest trailhead
4.9 km ENE
Nearest campsite
Pettigrew State Park Campground
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.1 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.4 km SSE |
| Trailhead | 4.9 km ENE |
| Parking | 4.9 km ENE |
| Trailhead | 5.0 km ENE |
| Pettigrew State Park CampgroundCampsite | 5.0 km ENE |
| Trailhead | 5.3 km ENE |
| Pettigrew State Park Group CampgroundCampsite | 5.3 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 13.3 × 13.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 177 km² view
- Relief in view
- 6 m low point -0 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 6.6 km; 548 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common pawpaw33
- Southern Toad20
- Baldcypress18
- American Black Bear17
- American beautyberry17
- Zebra Swallowtail16
Where Lake Phelps sits
- Region
- North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Mattamuskeet↑39 km SE
Lake Drummond↑93 km N
Buckhorn ReservoirLake↑150 km W
Lake Gaston61 m↑153 km WNW
Kerr Lake71 m↑191 km WNW
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Lake Phelps downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-18)
- 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)
- 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)