Lake Whatcom
- Area
- 20 km²
- Max depth
- 110 m
- Tonight
- 39°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2 mph SE
Lake Whatcom is a lake at 95 m above sea level in Washington, United States, 20 km² in area and 15.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 95 m
- Length
- 15.0 km
- Shoreline
- 48.0 km
Lake Whatcom in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 48.0 km
Lake Whatcom 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17 × 17 km
Lake Whatcom terrain and contours
50 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 Whatcom elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Whatcom weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 39°F (4°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 2 mph SE
Lake Whatcom forecast for about 115 m.
- Tonight39°5%2 mph SE
- Sat43°52°41%1 mph ENE
- Sun42°56°41%3 mph ENE
- Mon42°58°9%1 mph NNE
- Tue38°56°42%1 mph S
- Wed37°56°24%1 mph NNE
- Thu38°58°7%1 mph N
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Whatcom
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Whatcom, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.1 km WSW
Nearest trailhead
North Lake Whatcom Trailhead
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.1 km WSW |
| Parking Area 1Parking | 1.5 km ESE |
| Parking Area 2Parking | 1.5 km ESE |
| North Lake Whatcom TrailheadTrailhead | 1.5 km ESE |
| Chanterelle TrailheadTrailhead | 1.6 km ESE |
| Lookout Mountain Forest PreserveTrailhead | 2.5 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 17 × 17 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 15.3% of the 289 km² view
- Relief in view
- 925 m low point 17 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 8.5 km of Lake Whatcom.
Summit list 6
- 1Galbraith Mountain816 m 4.4 km SSW
- 2Stewart Mountain941 m 6.3 km NE
- 3Slash935 m 6.4 km NNE
- 4Squalicum Mountain472 m 6.9 km NNW
- 5Bigfoot Hill943 m 7.3 km NE
- 6Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak940 m 8.3 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.5 km; 1,890 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern Red Belt255
- Western sword fern216
- Western redcedar216
- Salmonberry213
- Pacific Banana Slug189
- Pacific trillium184
Where Lake Whatcom sits
- Region
- Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Whatcom 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 2026-08-07)
- 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)
- 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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)