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Lake Springfield

166 m545 ft
Area
0.03 km²
Tonight
48°FFair · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Springfield is a lake at 166 m above sea level in Illinois, United States, 0.03 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
166 m
Length
0.4 km
Shoreline
0.9 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Springfield in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.4 km longest100 mN ↑
Shoreline
0.9 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Lake Springfield 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Springfield terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Springfield 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.
Weather

Lake Springfield weather

Tonight · Fair · 48°F (9°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Springfield forecast for about 168 m.

  • Tonight48°1%5 mph SE
  • Sat49°77°2%6 mph SSE
  • Sun52°79°–3 mph SSE
  • Mon51°78°1%2 mph S
  • Tue51°75°2%5 mph SSE
  • Wed53°77°5%3–8 mph S
  • Thu47°75°10%5–8 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Springfield

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km SSW
Parking0.3 km WSW
Parking0.6 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
32 m low point 158 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 36.6%Built-up 21.2%Grassland 20.5%Water 10.5%Cropland 10.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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 km; 229 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bald Eagle17
  • Canada Goose15
  • Ring-billed Gull14
  • Green Sunfish13
  • Mallard11
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler11
Where it sits

Where Lake Springfield sits

Region
Illinois6United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-04)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia