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Moon Lake
- Area
- 3.14 km²
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 6 mph NNW
Moon Lake is a lake at 2,455 m above sea level in Utah, United States, 3.14 km² in area and 4.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,455 m
- Length
- 4.9 km
- Shoreline
- 12.4 km
Moon Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 12.4 km≈3 h to walk around
Moon Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.9 × 6.9 km
Moon Lake terrain and contours
50 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.
Moon Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Moon Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph NNW
Moon Lake forecast for about 2,499 m.
- Tonight27°1%6 mph NNW
- Sat33°49°32%6 mph E
- Sun29°46°71%5 mph E
- Mon31°50°7%5 mph NNW
- Tue27°48°25%5–10 mph SSW
- Wed29°49°1%7 mph W
- Thu31°49°15%5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.
Camping & parking near Moon Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Moon Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.9 km W
Nearest campsite
Moon Lake Group Campground A
Nearest trailhead
Center Park Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km W |
| Parking | 1.0 km WNW |
| Moon Lake Group Campground ACampsite | 1.2 km WNW |
| Moon Lake Group B CampgroundCampsite | 1.4 km WNW |
| Moon Lake CampgroundCampsite | 1.8 km WNW |
| Parking | 1.9 km WNW |
| Center Park TrailheadTrailhead | 6.2 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 6.9 × 6.9 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 20.5% of the 48 km² view
- Relief in view
- 880 m low point 2,378 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 3.5 km; 65 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Quaking aspen6
- Mule Deer5
- Common juniper4
- Greenleaf manzanita4
- Douglas-fir3
- Golden corydalis3
Where Moon Lake sits
- Region
- Utah36United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Mirror Lake3,073 m↑35 km WNW
Cuberant Lake3,178 m↑39 km WNW
Rockport ReservoirLake↑80 km WNW
Ninemile Canyon1,413 m↑89 km S
Chad's GapPass↑94 km W
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
Moon 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 2026-08-04)
- 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)