Lake Wylie
- Area
- 39 km²
- Tonight
- 46°FClear · Wind 6 mph NE
Lake Wylie is a lake at 172 m above sea level in South Carolina, United States, 39 km² in area and 26.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 172 m
- Length
- 26.7 km
- Shoreline
- 361.0 km
Lake Wylie in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 361.0 km
Lake Wylie 3D map
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Lake Wylie terrain and contours
5 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 Wylie elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Wylie weather
Tonight · Clear · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 6 mph NE
Lake Wylie forecast for about 182 m.
- Tonight46°–6 mph NE
- Sat43°67°–7–10 mph NE
- Sun43°70°–7–10 mph NE
- Mon42°72°–6 mph NNE
- Tue46°75°–3 mph NNE
- Wed48°72°1%6 mph NE
- Thu48°75°3%5 mph NE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Wylie
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Wylie, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.2 km SE
Nearest campsite
2.4 km NNE
Nearest caravan site
7.1 km SSE
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.2 km SE |
| Campsite | 2.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.5 km E |
| Parking | 2.5 km E |
| Campsite | 2.6 km NNE |
| McDowell CampgroundCampsite | 3.3 km ENE |
| Caravan site | 7.1 km SSE |
| Caravan site | 7.1 km S |
| Caravan site | 7.2 km S |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 145 m low point 150 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 10 km; 1,836 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Green Anole178
- Fowler's Toad136
- Green Treefrog114
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail109
- Common Box Turtle89
- Central Ratsnake89
Where Lake Wylie sits
- Region
- South Carolina9United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Norman↑46 km NNE
Lake Tillery↑92 km E
High Rock Lake192 m↑96 km NE
Badin Lake164 m↑96 km ENE
Lake James365 m↑105 km NW
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Lake Wylie 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 2026-09-27)
- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)