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Lake Wingra

260 m853 ft
Tonight
52°FCloudy · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Wingra is a lake at 260 m above sea level in Wisconsin, United States.

All facts
Surface elevation
260 m
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3D map

Lake Wingra 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Wingra terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Wingra elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Wingra weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 52°F (11°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph SE

Lake Wingra forecast for about 265 m.

  • Tonight52°2%5 mph SE
  • Sat53°72°3%5–15 mph S
  • Sun50°73°2%5 mph SW
  • Mon45°61°13%5–10 mph NE
  • Tue48°61°33%5 mph E
  • Wed48°68°21%5–10 mph S
  • Thu42°64°21%5–10 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Wingra

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

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.5 km NNW
Parking0.5 km NW
Parking0.6 km NNW
Campsite3.2 km E
Campsite3.3 km E
Campsite3.3 km E
MMSDTrailhead6.0 km ESE
Lewis Nine Springs E-WayTrailhead6.3 km ESE
Lower Yahara River TrailTrailhead6.7 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
99.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
48 m low point 257 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 39.7%Built-up 36.7%Water 12.0%Grassland 10.2%Wetland 1.2%

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 km; 1,911 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sandhill Crane325
  • Mallard257
  • Eastern Cottontail240
  • House Sparrow216
  • American Robin204
  • Cut-leaved toothwort203
Where it sits

Where Lake Wingra sits

Region
Wisconsin12United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-29)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia