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Loch Raven Reservoir

72 m236 ft
Area
8.83 km²
Tonight
39°FFog · Wind 1 mph NW

Loch Raven Reservoir is a lake at 72 m above sea level in Maryland, United States, 8.83 km² in area and 9.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
72 m
Length
9.8 km
Shoreline
71.6 km
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Lake

Loch Raven Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

9.8 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
71.6 km
3D map

Loch Raven Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.8 × 11.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loch Raven Reservoir 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loch Raven Reservoir 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

Loch Raven Reservoir weather

Today · Widespread frost · 39 / 66°F (4 / 19°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 1 mph S

Loch Raven Reservoir forecast for about 64 m.

  • Today39°66°1%1 mph S
  • Mon49°70°1%1–5 mph NW
  • Tue43°67°–7 mph N
  • Wed47°65°–1–5 mph E
  • Thu50°71°–0–6 mph S
  • Fri51°75°–3 mph NW
  • Sat53°71°6%0–5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 11:52 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Loch Raven Reservoir

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km WSW
Parking1.5 km WSW
Parking1.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 11.8 × 11.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.3% of the 139 km² view
Relief in view
156 m low point 39 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.7%Grassland 17.5%Built-up 8.2%Water 6.1%Cropland 2.4%

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 5.9 km; 2,379 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail236
  • American Toad233
  • White-tailed Deer228
  • Canada Goose205
  • Wineberry194
  • American Robin180
Where it sits

Where Loch Raven Reservoir sits

Region
Maryland9United States943North America1,328
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Loch Raven Reservoir 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 2026 (scene 2026-07-23)
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