Lake · Utah

Little Salt Lake

1,732 m5,682 ft

Area: 10 km²
Tonight: 32°FFair · Wind 6 mph N

Little Salt Lake is a lake at 1,732 m above sea level in Utah, United States, 10 km² in area and 10.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,732 m
Length: 10.6 km
Shoreline: 28.7 km

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Lake

Little Salt Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 28.7 km≈7¼ h to walk around

3D map

Little Salt Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.6 × 12.6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Little Salt 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Little Salt Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Little Salt Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 32°F (0°C) · 3% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph N

Little Salt Lake forecast for about 1,767 m.

Tonight32°3%6 mph N
Sat34°54°37%7–10 mph N
Sun33°56°5%0–3 mph NNE
Mon34°62°–1–5 mph S
Tue34°62°1%3–8 mph S
Wed35°61°–1–6 mph S
Thu37°61°14%5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Little Salt Lake

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

Nearest parking
Parowan Dinosaur Tracks Trailhead Parking
4.3 km W · +2 more within 7.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
Painted Hills RV Park
7.9 km SSE
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parowan Dinosaur Tracks Trailhead ParkingParking	4.3 km W
Parking	7.3 km W
Parking	7.6 km W
Painted Hills RV ParkCaravan site	7.9 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 12.6 × 12.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

89.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

9.7%

Steep, 30–45°

1.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.0% of the 159 km² view
Relief in view: 523 m low point 1,722 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 43.6%Cropland 18.0%Shrubland 14.5%Trees 13.9%Bare rock / sparse 9.6%

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 6.3 km; 120 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Kingcup Cactus48
Western Fence Lizard16
Common Side-blotched Lizard11
Great Basin Spadefoot10
Greasewood6
Bald Eagle5

Where it sits

Where Little Salt Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Virgin River Gorge139 km SW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLittle Salt Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-03)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Little Salt Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site