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Lake Tappan

16 m52 ft
Area
2.98 km²
Tonight
39°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3 mph N

Lake Tappan is a lake at 16 m above sea level in New York, United States, 2.98 km² in area and 3.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
16 m
Length
3.5 km
Shoreline
11.2 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Tappan in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.5 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
11.2 km≈2¾ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Tappan 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.5 × 5.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Tappan terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Tappan 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 Tappan weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 39°F (4°C) · Wind 3 mph N

Lake Tappan forecast for about 15 m.

  • Tonight39°–3 mph N
  • Sat38°64°–3 mph NW
  • Sun41°66°–2 mph W
  • Mon47°69°–3 mph W
  • Tue40°61°1%5–8 mph N
  • Wed45°59°3%3 mph E
  • Thu49°66°4%0–7 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:59 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Tappan

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.5 km N
Parking0.5 km NNE
Parking0.6 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.5 × 5.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
99.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 30 km² view
Relief in view
91 m low point 8 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.1%Water 11.0%Grassland 10.7%Built-up 9.3%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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 2.8 km; 229 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American beech31
  • Beechdrops22
  • White-tailed Deer16
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage7
  • Spotted Lanternfly7
  • American Robin5
Where it sits

Where Lake Tappan sits

Region
New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Tappan 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 2026-08-12)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia