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Grasmoor · 852 m · 5.3 km ESE
Lake · United Kingdom

Loweswater

121 m397 ft
Area
0.60 km²
Tonight
5°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h SW

Loweswater is a lake at 121 m above sea level in United Kingdom, 0.60 km² in area and 1.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
121 m
Length
1.7 km
Shoreline
4.0 km
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Lake

Loweswater in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.7 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.0 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Loweswater 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loweswater terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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

Loweswater 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

Loweswater weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 18 km/h SW

Loweswater forecast for about 121 m.

  • Tonight5°–18 km/h SW
  • Today6°12°24.9 mm72 km/h W
  • Sun7°10°5.2 mm63 km/h W
  • Mon7°14°7.9 mm44 km/h S
  • Tue8°12°8.9 mm44 km/h S
  • Wed8°11°4.2 mm29 km/h SW
  • Thu6°11°–17 km/h SE
  • Fri9°12°6.5 mm25 km/h SE
  • Sat5°10°4.6 mm26 km/h SE
  • Sun5°8°0.5 mm18 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Loweswater

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km NNE

    +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Inglenook Caravan Park

    4.3 km WSW · +2 more within 5.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite

    4.5 km NNE · +1 more within 6.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NNE
Parking0.8 km NNW
Parking1.1 km NW
Inglenook Caravan ParkCaravan site4.3 km WSW
Whinfell Caravan ParkCaravan site4.3 km NE
Whinfell Hall Farm CampsiteCampsite4.5 km NNE
Wheatsheaf Caravan and Camping ParkCaravan site5.2 km NNE
Syke Farm CampsiteCampsite6.7 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
63.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
29.9%
Steep, 30–45°
6.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
6.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
452 m low point 105 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 83.6%Trees 12.6%Water 3.7%

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 2 km; 188 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sweet Chestnut10
  • Poor Man's Licorice5
  • Small Heath4
  • Common Darter4
  • Common Cow-wheat4
  • Common Blue Damselfly4
Where it sits

Where Loweswater sits

Range
Lake District28
Region
United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Lake District National Park27
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Lake District 6
See all 28 in the Lake District →
Downloads

Loweswater downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
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
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia