
Lake Springfield
- 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
Lake Springfield in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 0.9 km≈15 min to walk around
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
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.
Lake Springfield elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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.
Nearest parking
0.3 km SSW
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 32 m low point 158 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 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 Lake Springfield sits
- Region
- Illinois6United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Horseshoe Lake↑126 km SSW
Lake of Egypt↑244 km SSE
Taum Sauk MountainPeak · 540 m↑263 km SSW
Griffy Lake↑271 km ESE
Lake Calumet↑274 km NE
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Lake Springfield downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-04)
- 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