Nainital Lake
- Area
- 0.45 km²
- Tonight
- 8°CFair · Wind 10 km/h SW
Nainital Lake is a lake at 1,938 m above sea level in Uttarakhand, India, 0.45 km² in area and 1.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,938 m
- Length
- 1.4 km
- Shoreline
- 3.5 km
Nainital Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 3.5 km≈45 min to walk around
Nainital 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
Nainital Lake terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.
Nainital Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Nainital Lake weather
Today · Fair · 8 / 17°C (46 / 63°F) · Wind 10 km/h SW
Nainital Lake forecast for about 1,938 m.
- Today8°17°–10 km/h SW
- Sun10°19°–10 km/h W
- Mon9°20°–8 km/h SW
- Tue10°20°–6 km/h S
- Wed12°21°–6 km/h S
- Thu9°21°0.1 mm5 km/h S
- Fri9°20°0.7 mm5 km/h SW
- Sat9°20°–6 km/h SW
- Sun7°19°–6 km/h SW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Nainital Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Nainital Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km NW
Nearest campsite
Naina Peak
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km NW |
| Parking | 0.6 km NW |
| Naina PeakCampsite | 2.7 km NW |
| Vista HostelParking | 6.4 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 45.4% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,153 m low point 1,459 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; 266 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Streaked Laughingthrush25
- Black-throated Tit22
- Rufous Sibia22
- Blue Whistling-Thrush22
- Grey-hooded Warbler21
- Oriental Turtle-Dove20
Where Nainital Lake sits
- Region
- Uttarakhand18India313Asia964
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-27)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)