Lake · Hong Kong

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir

171 m561 ft

Area: 0.04 km²
Tonight: 23°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h N

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir is a lake at 171 m above sea level in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, 0.04 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 171 m
Length: 0.4 km
Shoreline: 1.1 km

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Lake

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 1.1 km≈15 min to walk around

3D map

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir terrain and contours

20 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir weather

Today · Fair · 23 / 31°C (73 / 88°F) · Wind 24 km/h N

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir forecast for about 171 m.

Today23°31°–24 km/h N
Sun23°31°–22 km/h N
Mon23°30°0.4 mm25 km/h E
Tue25°30°1.4 mm14 km/h E
Wed24°28°0.4 mm20 km/h E
Thu24°29°–14 km/h E
Fri24°29°–15 km/h E
Sat25°29°0.1 mm15 km/h SE
Sun25°29°–12 km/h SE
Mon25°31°1.3 mm12 km/h S

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

Camping & parking near Pok Fu Lam Reservoir

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

Nearest parking
Cyberport Carpark 1
0.7 km WSW · +2 more within 0.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
香港基督教青年會南丫島戶外及環保活動中心 YMCA Lamma Island Outdoor Centre
5.7 km S · +2 more within 5.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Cyberport Carpark 1Parking	0.7 km WSW
Parking	0.8 km SW
置富南區廣場 Chi Fu LandmarkParking	0.8 km SSE
香港基督教青年會南丫島戶外及環保活動中心 YMCA Lamma Island Outdoor CentreCampsite	5.7 km S
南丫青年營 Lamma Youth CampCampsite	5.8 km SSW
香港女童軍新德倫山莊 Hong Kong Girl Guides Sandilands CentreCampsite	5.9 km E

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

41.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.3%

Steep, 30–45°

14.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 14.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 547 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 59.2%Water 20.1%Built-up 19.7%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir.

Summit list 6

1High West494 m 0.8 km NNW
2Mount Kellett500 m 1.2 km ESE
3Victoria Peak552 m 1.4 km NNE
4Lung Fu Shan265 m 1.6 km N
5Strawberry Hill467 m 1.8 km E
6Mount Davis269 m 1.9 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 2,795 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Giant Golden Orbweaver625
Asian Common Toad559
Chinese Narrow-disked Gecko481
Asian Weaver Ant478
Asian Water Dragon392
Red-based Jezebel387

Where it sits

Where Pok Fu Lam Reservoir sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Inspiration Lake12 km WNW

Downloads

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPok Fu Lam Reservoir satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-13.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

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 2026 (scene 2026-01-13)
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
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Pok Fu Lam Reservoir

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite