Quake Lake
- Area
- 2.38 km²
- Max depth
- 58 m
- Tonight
- 18°FLight snow · Wind 5–15 mph N
Quake Lake is a lake at 1,947 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 2.38 km² in area and 6.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,947 m
- Length
- 6.0 km
- Shoreline
- 16.0 km
Quake Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 16.0 km≈4 h to walk around
Quake Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km
Quake 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.
Quake Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Quake Lake weather
Tonight · Light snow · 18°F (-8°C) · 46% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph N
Quake Lake forecast for about 2,311 m.
- Tonight18°46%5–15 mph N
- Sat21°37°–0–5 mph E
- Sun23°42°–5 mph ESE
- Mon25°41°34%7 mph SSE
- Tue21°37°73%7–10 mph S
- Wed19°35°27%7 mph SSW
- Thu22°38°17%5 mph SSE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:21 UTC.
Camping & parking near Quake Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Quake Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km NW
Nearest campsite
Beaver Creek Campground
Nearest trailhead
3.3 km E
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km NW |
| Parking | 0.4 km ENE |
| Parking | 0.5 km NE |
| Beaver Creek CampgroundCampsite | 1.5 km ENE |
| Trailhead | 3.3 km E |
| Cabin CreekCampsite | 4.4 km ENE |
| Kirkwood TrailheadTrailhead | 6.3 km E |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 44.4% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,178 m low point 1,894 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.
Where Quake Lake sits
- Region
- Montana24United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Quake 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 2026-09-16)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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)