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Mercer Lake

19 m62 ft
Area
1.19 km²
Tonight
33°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0 mph

Mercer Lake is a lake at 19 m above sea level in New Jersey, United States, 1.19 km² in area and 4.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
19 m
Length
4.0 km
Shoreline
12.4 km
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Lake

Mercer Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.0 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
12.4 km≈3 h to walk around
3D map

Mercer Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mercer Lake terrain and contours

1 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 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Mercer 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

Mercer Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 33°F (1°C) · Wind 0 mph

Mercer Lake forecast for about 24 m.

  • Tonight33°–0 mph
  • Sat33°63°–0–5 mph N
  • Sun37°66°–0 mph
  • Mon46°69°–0–5 mph W
  • Tue41°65°–0–5 mph N
  • Wed45°62°2%0–5 mph E
  • Thu49°68°3%0–5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:05 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mercer Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.5 km SSE
Parking0.5 km SSE
Parking0.5 km SSE
CampgroundsCampsite2.5 km ESE
Trailhead5.2 km W
D&R Canal TowpathTrailheadTrailhead7.1 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
21 m low point 15 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.1%Grassland 19.5%Cropland 11.7%Built-up 9.0%Water 3.5%

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 3.0 km; 926 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bald Eagle42
  • Great Blue Heron34
  • Zabulon Skipper32
  • Bluegill29
  • American sweetgum27
  • Autumn olive24
Where it sits

Where Mercer Lake sits

Region
New Jersey8United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Mercer 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 2026-08-12)
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 · Wikipedia