Lake · Virginia

Mountain Lake

1,165 m3,822 ft

Area: 0.09 km²
Tonight: 36°FFair · Wind 9 mph E

Mountain Lake is a lake at 1,165 m above sea level in Virginia, United States, 0.09 km² in area and 0.5 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,165 m
Length: 0.5 km
Shoreline: 1.3 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Mountain Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 1.3 km≈15 min to walk around

3D map

Mountain Lake 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

Mountain 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Mountain 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

Mountain Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 36°F (2°C) · Wind 9 mph E

Mountain Lake forecast for about 1,234 m.

Tonight36°–9 mph E
Sat37°51°–7 mph E
Sun38°51°–7 mph SE
Mon42°57°–3 mph W
Tue44°58°–2 mph E
Wed44°54°3%5 mph SE
Thu45°58°1%3 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mountain Lake

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

Nearest parking
Bald Knob Trailhead Parking
0.7 km SW · +2 more within 0.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	0.5 km SSW
Bald Knob Trailhead ParkingParking	0.7 km SW
Trail Access ParkingParking	0.8 km N

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

65.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.2%

Steep, 30–45°

3.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 3.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 492 m low point 837 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 97.2%Grassland 2.4%

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; 1,193 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eastern Newt339
Eastern Red-backed Salamander278
Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander162
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander139
Spring Peeper111
Northern Slimy Salamander99

Where it sits

Where Mountain Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

High Rock Lake192 m195 km S

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMountain Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mountain Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking