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Lava Lake
- Area
- 1.35 km²
- Max depth
- 10 m
- Tonight
- 29°FFair · Wind 2–6 mph SW
Lava Lake is a lake at 1,446 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 1.35 km² in area and 1.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,446 m
- Length
- 1.9 km
- Shoreline
- 5.7 km
Lava Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 5.7 km≈1½ h to walk around
Lava Lake 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
Lava Lake terrain and contours
10 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.
Lava Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lava Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 29°F (-2°C) · Wind 2–6 mph SW
Lava Lake forecast for about 1,463 m.
- Tonight29°–2–6 mph SW
- Sat35°57°4%1–5 mph S
- Sun33°56°47%6 mph S
- Mon31°47°69%7 mph SW
- Tue29°45°32%5 mph W
- Wed30°48°29%7 mph S
- Thu30°49°15%2–6 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lava Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lava Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km SE
Nearest campsite
Lava Lake Campground
Nearest trailhead
Elk Lake Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km SE |
| Parking | 0.8 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.9 km SE |
| Lava Lake CampgroundCampsite | 1.0 km SE |
| Little Lava Lake CampgroundCampsite | 1.3 km SE |
| South CampgroundCampsite | 4.6 km NNW |
| Elk Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 7.7 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 179 m low point 1,445 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 km; 178 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mahala mat11
- Woodland pinedrops10
- Pipsissewa10
- Bride's Bonnet10
- Lodgepole pine9
- Mountain hemlock9
Where Lava Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Deschutes National Forest4
Nearby places
Lava Lake 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 2026-09-28)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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)