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Lake Superior

183 m600 ft
Area
81,499 km²
Max depth
406 m
Tonight
54°FCloudy · Wind 10 mph S

Lake Superior is a lake at 183 m above sea level in Minnesota, United States, 81,499 km² in area and 583.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
183 m
Length
583.5 km
Shoreline
6,091.6 km
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3D map

Lake Superior 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Superior topographic map

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Superior 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.
Downloads

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

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Lake

Lake Superior in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
6,091.6 km
Weather

Lake Superior weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 54°F (12°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph S

Lake Superior forecast for about 183 m.

  • Tonight54°1%10 mph S
  • Sat48°60°45%15–20 mph S
  • Sun41°50°11%15 mph W
  • Mon40°43°1%10–15 mph N
  • Tue44°46°31%5–10 mph E
  • Wed46°52°38%15 mph S
  • Thu42°48°22%20–25 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:37 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Superior

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Horseshoe Harbor Trailhead

    7.4 km SSW · +1 more within 7.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    7.4 km SSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Trailhead7.0 km SSW
Horseshoe Harbor TrailheadTrailhead7.4 km SSW
Parking7.4 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
97.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
221 m low point 183 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 68.7%Trees 30.7%Grassland 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Lake Superior sits

Region
Minnesota23United States932Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Sources

Data sources

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