Mendenhall Lake
- Tonight
- 28°FClear · Wind 5 mph N
Mendenhall Lake is a lake at 18 m above sea level in Alaska, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 18 m
Mendenhall Lake 3D map
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Mendenhall 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.
Mendenhall Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Mendenhall Lake weather
Today · Clear · 28 / 44°F (-2 / 7°C) · Wind 5 mph N
Mendenhall Lake forecast for about 15 m.
- Today28°44°–5 mph N
- Sat31°46°–5 mph NE
- Sun35°45°2%0 mph
- Mon32°44°7%0 mph
- Tue32°48°–0 mph
- Wed35°47°–0 mph
- Thu36°45°11%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:59 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mendenhall Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mendenhall Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
West Glacier Trailhead
Nearest parking
1.4 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Mendenhall Campground
Nearest caravan site
Glacier Nalu Campground Resort
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| West Glacier TrailheadTrailhead | 1.4 km WSW |
| Junction / Outer Moraine TrailheadTrailhead | 1.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.4 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.5 km SE |
| Parking | 1.5 km ESE |
| Mendenhall CampgroundCampsite | 1.7 km SSW |
| Crystal Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 2.2 km SSE |
| Glacier Nalu Campground ResortCaravan site | 3.0 km SW |
| Auke Bay RV ParkCaravan site | 6.2 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 406 m low point 10 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 2 km; 555 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Nootka Lupine332
- Northern Groundcone276
- Bog wintergreen225
- Dwarf Fireweed222
- Goatsbeard152
- Green alder147
Where Mendenhall Lake sits
- Region
- Alaska30United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Mendenhall Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
- 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)