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Mowich Lake

1,503 m4,931 ft
Tonight
31°FFair · Wind 5 mph ESE

Mowich Lake is a lake at 1,503 m above sea level in Washington, United States.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,503 m
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Mowich Lake 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Mowich 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Mowich Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Mowich Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 31°F (-1°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph ESE

Mowich Lake forecast for about 1,511 m.

  • Tonight31°2%5 mph ESE
  • Sat37°44°47%0–5 mph SW
  • Sun36°43°60%1–10 mph S
  • Mon35°42°39%0–6 mph NNW
  • Tue33°40°37%3 mph W
  • Wed33°41°37%1–5 mph WNW
  • Thu34°43°15%0–7 mph N

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mowich Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Mowich Lake Campground

    0.6 km S · +2 more within 3.8 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Mowich Lake Trailhead

    0.6 km SSW · +2 more within 0.8 km

  • Nearest parking

    Mowich Lake Trailhead

    0.6 km SSW · +2 more within 7.5 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Mowich Lake CampgroundCampsite0.6 km S
Mowich Lake TrailheadTrailhead0.6 km SSW
Wonderland TrailheadTrailhead0.6 km S
Mowich Lake TrailheadParking0.6 km SSW
Grindstone Trail TrailheadTrailhead0.8 km WSW
Eagle's Roost CampCampsite2.8 km SSE
Parking3.5 km W
South Mowich River CampCampsite3.8 km SW
Parking7.5 km NNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
22.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.0%
Steep, 30–45°
35.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
8.3%
Steeper than 30°
43.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,184 m low point 811 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.7%Grassland 8.4%Bare rock / sparse 3.8%Water 2.9%Moss & lichen 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Mowich Lake.

NESW1 km2 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Fay Peak1,981 m 1.1 km E
  2. 2East Fay Peak1,988 m 1.5 km E
  3. 3First Mother Mountain1,976 m 1.7 km ENE
  4. 4Hessong Rock1,946 m 1.7 km SE
  5. 5Castle Peak1,838 m 2.0 km NNE
  6. 6Mount Pleasant1,963 m 2.0 km ESE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 298 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Scouler's Corydalis43
  • Pinesap30
  • Pacific coralroot26
  • Pacific Tassel-rue26
  • Avalanche lily24
  • Canada Jay20
Where it sits

Where Mowich Lake sits

Region
Washington57United States932North America1,313
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Mowich 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 2026-08-07)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia