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Paulina Lake
- Area
- 5.52 km²
- Max depth
- 76 m
- Tonight
- 25°FFair · Wind 2–7 mph E
Paulina Lake is a lake at 1,932 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 5.52 km² in area and 3.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,932 m
- Length
- 3.0 km
- Shoreline
- 10.1 km
Paulina Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 10.1 km≈2½ h to walk around
Paulina Lake 3D map
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Paulina 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.
Paulina Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Paulina Lake weather
Today · Clear · 25 / 38°F (-4 / 3°C) · Wind 6 mph N
Paulina Lake forecast for about 1,929 m.
- Today25°38°–6 mph N
- Sat33°46°1%3–9 mph S
- Sun33°48°28%7–12 mph S
- Mon30°40°50%7–13 mph SW
- Tue27°38°24%3–9 mph SW
- Wed28°40°17%6–9 mph SW
- Thu30°41°11%3–8 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Paulina Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Paulina Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km SW
Nearest campsite
Paulina Lake Campground
Nearest trailhead
2.4 km SSW
Nearest caravan site
East Lake Resort
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km SW |
| Parking | 1.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.4 km E |
| Paulina Lake CampgroundCampsite | 1.5 km SW |
| Little Crater CampgroundCampsite | 1.5 km SE |
| Newberry Group CampgroundCampsite | 1.6 km S |
| Trailhead | 2.4 km SSW |
| East Lake ResortCaravan site | 5.3 km E |
Slope
Share of the 5 × 5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.6% of the 25 km² view
- Relief in view
- 465 m low point 1,844 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2.5 km of Paulina Lake.
Summit list 4
- 1Lakeshore Domes2,036 m 1.4 km SSW
- 2Little Crater2,054 m 1.9 km ESE
- 3Central Pumice Cone2,159 m 2.4 km ENE
- 4Deadfall Butte2,103 m 2.5 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.5 km; 307 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- California Tortoiseshell51
- Woodland pinedrops40
- Mountain hemlock38
- Davidson's Penstemon37
- Lodgepole pine36
- Nuttall's Linanthus34
Where Paulina Lake sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35Oregon Cascades8
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
East Lake1,945 m↑3.7 km ENE
Mount BachelorPeak · 2,764 m↑45 km NW
Little Lava Lake↑45 km WNW
Lava Lake1,440 m↑47 km WNW
Cultus Lake1,424 m↑50 km WNW
More in the Oregon Cascades 6
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-06)
- 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)