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Lake Washington

5 m16 ft
Area
88 km²
Max depth
65 m
Tonight
41°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2 mph ESE

Lake Washington is a lake at 5 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 88 km² in area and 28.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
5 m
Length
28.8 km
Shoreline
135.0 km
Open the 3D view
3D map

Lake Washington 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 Washington topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

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

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Lake

Lake Washington in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
135.0 km
Weather

Lake Washington weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 41°F (5°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 2 mph ESE

Lake Washington forecast for about 1 m.

  • Tonight41°4%2 mph ESE
  • Sat45°56°51%2 mph S
  • Sun46°58°51%2 mph NNE
  • Mon46°58°15%3 mph N
  • Tue45°58°28%2 mph SSW
  • Wed42°57°26%6 mph NE
  • Thu42°58°8%3 mph NNE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Washington

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

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km WNW
Parking1.5 km NW
Parking1.5 km NW
Trailhead5.2 km N
Trailhead6.9 km ESE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
93.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
5.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
344 m low point -16 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.7%Built-up 31.1%Water 26.3%Grassland 3.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Lake Washington.

NESW2 km5 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Capitol Hill135 m 2.9 km W
  2. 2Cherry Hill132 m 3.0 km WSW
  3. 3First Hill112 m 4.3 km SW
  4. 4Promontory Point29 m 5.0 km NNE
Where it sits

Where Lake Washington sits

Region
Washington57United States932North 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 2026-08-07)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia