
Oswego Lake
- Area
- 1.66 km²
- Tonight
- 47°FRain showers · Wind 5 mph SSW
Oswego Lake is a lake at 31 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 1.66 km² in area and 4.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 31 m
- Length
- 4.9 km
- Shoreline
- 20.4 km
Oswego Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 20.4 km≈5 h to walk around
Oswego 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
Oswego Lake terrain and contours
10 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.
Oswego Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Oswego Lake weather
Today · Rain showers · 47 / 58°F (8 / 14°C) · 96% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph SSW
Oswego Lake forecast for about 61 m.
- Today47°58°96%6 mph SSW
- Tue45°59°92%3 mph SW
- Wed41°57°96%3–10 mph SSW
- Thu40°56°75%3 mph S
- Fri37°56°31%1 mph SSE
- Sat37°58°8%1 mph NE
- Sun38°60°8%1 mph NNE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 26, 13:41 UTC.
Camping & parking near Oswego Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Oswego Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km NW
Nearest trailhead
Sellwood Park
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km NW |
| Parking | 0.9 km S |
| Parking | 0.9 km S |
| Sellwood ParkTrailhead | 6.9 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 6.9 × 6.9 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.4% of the 48 km² view
- Relief in view
- 296 m low point 2 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 3.4 km; 1,235 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Pacific trillium186
- Shining Crane's-bill172
- Pacific Banana Slug164
- Salmonberry162
- Pacific Sideband140
- Herb Robert137
Where Oswego Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon49United States1,068North America1,546
Nearby places
Lake Merwin↑62 km N
Willamette Valley↑65 km SSW
Lost Lake959 m↑69 km E
Lolo Pass1,041 m↑70 km E
Mirror Lake1,252 m↑71 km E
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Oswego 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 2026-09-08)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)