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Lake Wendouree

450 m1,476 ft
Area
2.24 km²
Tonight
13°CRain · Wind 22 km/h N

Lake Wendouree is a lake at 450 m above sea level in Victoria, Australia, 2.24 km² in area and 2.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
450 m
Length
2.1 km
Shoreline
9.6 km
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Lake

Lake Wendouree in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.1 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
9.6 km≈2½ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Wendouree 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.1 × 4.1 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Wendouree terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Wendouree 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 Wendouree weather

Today · Light rain · 13 / 22°C (55 / 72°F) · 11.6 mm · Wind 22 km/h N

Lake Wendouree forecast for about 450 m.

  • Today13°22°11.6 mm22 km/h N
  • Sun4°12°23.5 mm26 km/h SW
  • Mon4°11°2.0 mm21 km/h W
  • Tue4°10°0.8 mm16 km/h SW
  • Wed8°13°1.1 mm15 km/h W
  • Thu12°18°6.9 mm17 km/h N
  • Fri12°14°7.2 mm26 km/h N
  • Sat7°15°4.6 mm22 km/h SW
  • Sun4°12°0.3 mm18 km/h S
  • Mon12°16°–15 km/h N

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 Wendouree

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.6 km S

    +2 more within 0.6 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Gold Commissioner's Camp

    4.1 km SE · +2 more within 6.3 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    BIG4 Ballarat Goldfield Holiday Park

    4.2 km SE · +2 more within 4.8 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km S
Parking0.6 km NNE
Parking0.6 km NNE
Gold Commissioner's CampCampsite4.1 km SE
Chinese CampCampsite4.1 km SE
BIG4 Ballarat Goldfield Holiday ParkCaravan site4.2 km SE
Big 4 Ballarat Windmill Holiday Park and Caravan ParkCaravan site4.7 km WNW
Eureka Stockade Holiday ParkCaravan site4.8 km ESE
Pax Hill Activity CentreCampsite6.3 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.1 × 4.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 17 km² view
Relief in view
55 m low point 414 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 55.2%Trees 17.6%Grassland 15.4%Water 10.5%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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 2.1 km; 494 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black Swan366
  • Little Pied Cormorant184
  • Australasian Swamphen175
  • Common Coot170
  • Musk Duck147
  • Pacific Black Duck134
Where it sits

Where Lake Wendouree sits

Region
Victoria41Australia156Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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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 2026-03-10)
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
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