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Lewis Lake
- Area
- 11 km²
- Tonight
- 20°FSnow showers · Wind 3–9 mph NW
Lewis Lake is a lake at 2,372 m above sea level in Wyoming, United States, 11 km² in area and 5.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,372 m
- Length
- 5.2 km
- Shoreline
- 15.5 km
Lewis Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 15.5 km≈4 h to walk around
Lewis Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.2 × 7.2 km
Lewis Lake 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.
Lewis Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lewis Lake weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 20°F (-7°C) · 96% chance of precipitation · Wind 3–9 mph NW
Lewis Lake forecast for about 2,371 m.
- Tonight20°96%3–9 mph NW
- Sat19°43°2%3 mph ESE
- Sun21°46°4%2 mph SE
- Mon22°46°31%1–5 mph S
- Tue19°41°74%9 mph SW
- Wed18°40°31%6 mph SW
- Thu21°44°19%5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lewis Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lewis Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.0 km E
Nearest campsite
Lewis Lake Campground
Nearest trailhead
Shoshone / Dogshead Trailhead
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.0 km E |
| Parking | 2.1 km S |
| Parking | 2.3 km ENE |
| Lewis Lake CampgroundCampsite | 2.6 km S |
| Shoshone / Dogshead TrailheadTrailhead | 2.9 km NE |
| Outlet (8S1)Campsite | 6.7 km NNW |
| Phantom / Pitchstone TrailheadTrailhead | 7.0 km SSW |
| Riddle Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 7.1 km NNE |
| ChannelCampsite | 7.2 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 90% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.9% of the 52 km² view
- Relief in view
- 443 m low point 2,355 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 3.6 km; 133 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Lodgepole pine29
- Sickletop Lousewort13
- Snowshoe Hare12
- Glacier Lily11
- Pearly everlasting9
- Grouse Whortleberry8
Where Lewis Lake sits
- Region
- Wyoming24United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yellowstone National Park10
Nearby places
Shoshone Lake2,376 m↑10 km NW
Heart Lake2,284 m↑12 km ESE
Isa Lake2,529 m↑17 km NNW
Craig Pass2,518 m↑17 km NNW
Yellowstone Lake2,357 m↑28 km NE
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-31)
- 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)