Lake Wendouree
- 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
Lake Wendouree in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 9.6 km≈2½ h to walk around
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
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.
Lake Wendouree elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
Gold Commissioner's Camp
Nearest caravan site
BIG4 Ballarat Goldfield Holiday Park
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km S |
| Parking | 0.6 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.6 km NNE |
| Gold Commissioner's CampCampsite | 4.1 km SE |
| Chinese CampCampsite | 4.1 km SE |
| BIG4 Ballarat Goldfield Holiday ParkCaravan site | 4.2 km SE |
| Big 4 Ballarat Windmill Holiday Park and Caravan ParkCaravan site | 4.7 km WNW |
| Eureka Stockade Holiday ParkCaravan site | 4.8 km ESE |
| Pax Hill Activity CentreCampsite | 6.3 km ESE |
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°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 17 km² view
- Relief in view
- 55 m low point 414 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.
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 Lake Wendouree sits
Nearby places
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- 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)