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Malheur Lake

1,248 m4,094 ft
Area
82 km²
Tonight
31°FFair · Wind 5–13 mph NW

Malheur Lake is a lake at 1,248 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 82 km² in area and 16.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,248 m
Length
16.2 km
Shoreline
72.4 km
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Lake

Malheur Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

16.2 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
72.4 km
3D map

Malheur Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18.2 × 18.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Malheur Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Malheur 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

Malheur Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 31°F (-1°C) · Wind 5–13 mph NW

Malheur Lake forecast for about 1,237 m.

  • Tonight31°–5–13 mph NW
  • Sat33°52°–3 mph SE
  • Sun37°56°18%3–7 mph ESE
  • Mon34°53°36%6–10 mph SSW
  • Tue31°48°19%5–10 mph WSW
  • Wed32°52°6%5–8 mph NW
  • Thu33°51°9%5–8 mph ENE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:29 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Malheur Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking6.9 km SSW
Parking6.9 km SSW
Parking6.9 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 18.2 × 18.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 331 km² view
Relief in view
108 m low point 1,247 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 61.0%Water 19.9%Shrubland 13.6%Cropland 3.2%Bare rock / sparse 1.8%

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 9.1 km; 193 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black-necked Stilt25
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird17
  • Burrowing Owl17
  • White-faced Ibis16
  • Wilson's Phalarope16
  • American Avocet15
Where it sits

Where Malheur Lake sits

Region
Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Malheur Lake 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 2026-08-10)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia