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Lake Winfield Scott
- Area
- 0.07 km²
- Tonight
- 45°FClear · Wind 5 mph E
Lake Winfield Scott is a lake at 874 m above sea level in Georgia, United States, 0.07 km² in area and 0.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 874 m
- Length
- 0.5 km
- Shoreline
- 1.4 km
Lake Winfield Scott in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 1.4 km≈15 min to walk around
Lake Winfield Scott 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Lake Winfield Scott terrain and contours
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.
Lake Winfield Scott elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Winfield Scott weather
Tonight · Clear · 45°F (7°C) · Wind 5 mph E
Lake Winfield Scott forecast for about 853 m.
- Tonight45°–5 mph E
- Sat44°64°–0–5 mph E
- Sun43°64°–5 mph E
- Mon46°68°–0–5 mph N
- Tue49°70°–0 mph
- Wed47°66°–5 mph SE
- Thu48°69°1%5 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Winfield Scott
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Winfield Scott, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Trailhead parking
Nearest campsite
Lake Winfield Scott Campground
Nearest trailhead
Duncan Ridge Trail Terminus
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead parkingParking | 0.4 km SSE |
| Lake Winfield Scott CampgroundCampsite | 0.8 km SSE |
| Campsite | 1.7 km SSE |
| Campsite | 1.8 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.3 km SSW |
| Duncan Ridge Trail TerminusTrailhead | 3.2 km E |
| Byron Herbert Reece Memorial TrailheadTrailhead | 4.9 km E |
| Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead ParkingParking | 4.9 km E |
| Woody Gap TrailheadTrailhead | 7.3 km SSW |
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°
- 3.3% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 519 m low point 775 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.
Where Lake Winfield Scott sits
- Region
- Georgia14United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest5
Nearby places
Blood MountainPeak · 1,359 m↑3.3 km E
Brasstown BaldPeak · 1,458 m↑21 km NE
Springer MountainPeak · 1,148 m↑24 km WSW
Yonah MountainPeak · 965 m↑26 km ESE
Chatuge Lake↑33 km NNE
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Lake Winfield Scott 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 2026-08-23)
- 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)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)