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Lake Tazawa

246 m807 ft
Area
26 km²
Max depth
280 m
Tonight
13°CHeavy rain · Wind 8 km/h SW

Lake Tazawa is a lake at 246 m above sea level in Akita Prefecture, Japan, 26 km² in area and 6.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
246 m
Length
6.5 km
Shoreline
20.6 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Tazawa in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.5 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
20.6 km≈5¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Tazawa 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.5 × 8.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Tazawa terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Tazawa 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 Tazawa weather

Today · Rain · 13 / 19°C (55 / 66°F) · 20.1 mm · Wind 8 km/h SW

Lake Tazawa forecast for about 246 m.

  • Today13°19°20.1 mm8 km/h SW
  • Sun9°18°4.3 mm13 km/h W
  • Mon8°17°1.4 mm10 km/h SE
  • Tue6°15°5.8 mm24 km/h NW
  • Wed5°6°2.4 mm23 km/h W
  • Thu7°11°–9 km/h W
  • Fri10°18°8.2 mm6 km/h E
  • Sat5°13°21.2 mm15 km/h W
  • Sun6°8°2.2 mm24 km/h W
  • Mon3°7°6.3 mm8 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Tazawa

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

  • Nearest parking

    2.7 km WSW

    +2 more within 2.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    田沢湖オートキャンプ場縄文の森たざわこ

    2.9 km NE · +2 more within 3.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    3.4 km E

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking2.7 km WSW
Parking2.8 km S
Parking2.8 km WSW
田沢湖オートキャンプ場縄文の森たざわこCampsite2.9 km NE
田沢湖キャンプ場Campsite3.0 km NE
かたまえ山森林公園Campsite3.3 km WSW
Caravan site3.4 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8.5 × 8.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 57% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
57.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
30.1%
Steep, 30–45°
12.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
12.5% of the 72 km² view
Relief in view
573 m low point 185 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 60.3%Water 36.0%Cropland 2.6%Grassland 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.2 km of Lake Tazawa.

NESW2 km5 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Mt. Moyamori373 m 2.7 km SSE
  2. 2Mt. Ōmori515 m 3.0 km ESE
  3. 3Mt. Sasamori401 m 3.7 km NE
  4. 4Mt. Takabachi571 m 3.7 km NNW
  5. 5Mt. Hachimori514 m 4.1 km SSE
  6. 6Mt. In'nai751 m 4.2 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 53 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Japanese Dace8
  • Autumn Darter5
  • Japanese Stink Bug3
  • Black-striped Orchard Spider2
  • Isyndus obscurus2
  • Meghimatium fruhstorferi2
Where it sits

Where Lake Tazawa sits

Region
Akita Prefecture3Japan153Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-04)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia