Lake Tear of the Clouds
- Tonight
- 24°FCloudy · Wind 5–12 mph NW
Lake Tear of the Clouds is a lake at 1,318 m above sea level in New York, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,318 m
Lake Tear of the Clouds 3D map
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Lake Tear of the Clouds terrain and contours
25 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 Tear of the Clouds elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Tear of the Clouds weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 24°F (-4°C) · Wind 5–12 mph NW
Lake Tear of the Clouds forecast for about 1,310 m.
- Tonight24°–5–12 mph NW
- Sat29°44°–3–9 mph NW
- Sun37°50°–5–9 mph SW
- Mon28°47°4%8–12 mph W
- Tue24°36°4%5–10 mph N
- Wed32°41°7%5 mph SW
- Thu39°48°28%12 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:36 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Tear of the Clouds
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Tear of the Clouds, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
1.7 km WNW
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 13.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 731 m low point 896 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Lake Tear of the Clouds.
Summit list 4
- 1Gray Peak1,463 m 0.5 km N
- 2Schofield Cobble1,515 m 0.8 km ENE
- 3Mount Skylight1,495 m 0.9 km SSE
- 4Mount Marcy1,629 m 1.1 km NE
Where Lake Tear of the Clouds sits
- Region
- New York58United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Mount MarcyPeak · 1,629 m↑1.1 km NE
Avalanche Lake↑3.9 km NW
Henderson Lake↑11 km W
Mirror Lake↑21 km N
Lake Placid566 m↑23 km NNW
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Lake Tear of the Clouds downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-11)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)