Lake Serene
- Tonight
- 32°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2–8 mph SE
Lake Serene is a lake at 899 m above sea level in Washington, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 899 m
Lake Serene 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Lake Serene terrain and contours
100 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 Serene elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Serene weather
Today · Clear · 32 / 37°F (0 / 3°C) · 3% chance of precipitation · Wind 3 mph NW
Lake Serene forecast for about 1,607 m.
- Today32°37°3%3 mph NW
- Sat37°42°24%1–9 mph S
- Sun37°43°28%2–15 mph E
- Mon38°45°27%1–10 mph ENE
- Tue35°41°46%2 mph SW
- Wed34°43°28%1–6 mph ENE
- Thu33°45°15%1–9 mph N
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Serene
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Serene, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Lake Serene Trailhead
Nearest parking
Lake Serene Trailhead Parking
Nearest hut
Mt. Index Cabin
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.0 km N |
| Lake Serene TrailheadTrailhead | 3.0 km N |
| Lake Serene Trailhead ParkingParking | 3.1 km N |
| Parking | 3.1 km N |
| Heybrook Lookout TrailheadTrailhead | 4.0 km NE |
| Mt. Index CabinHut | 4.6 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 56.4% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,675 m low point 151 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Lake Serene.
Summit list 4
- 1North Index1,634 m 1.3 km W
- 2Middle Index1,674 m 1.3 km WSW
- 3Mount Index1,826 m 1.5 km SW
- 4Philadelphia Mountain1,299 m 1.7 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 245 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Pacific Banana Slug37
- Devil's Club34
- Western Bunchberry32
- Deer fern30
- Salmonberry28
- Western Lily of the Valley27
Where Lake Serene sits
- Region
- Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Serene 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)