Rara Lake
- Area
- 11 km²
- Max depth
- 167 m
- Tonight
- 1°CClear · Wind 4 km/h S
Rara Lake is a lake at 2,966 m above sea level in Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal, 11 km² in area and 5.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,966 m
- Length
- 5.5 km
- Shoreline
- 14.8 km
Camping & parking near Rara Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Rara Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Rara lake car parking
Nearest campsite
Danfe Guest House
Nearest hut
4.4 km W
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rara lake car parkingParking | 1.4 km S |
| Danfe Guest HouseCampsite | 1.9 km NW |
| Campsite | 3.3 km W |
| Hut | 4.4 km W |
Rara Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 14.8 km≈3¾ h to walk around
Rara Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.5 × 7.5 km
Rara 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.
Rara Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Rara Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 4 km/h S
Rara Lake forecast for about 2,966 m.
- Tonight1°–4 km/h S
- Today0°14°–12 km/h W
- Sun1°14°0.2 mm11 km/h W
- Mon2°16°–12 km/h NW
- Tue3°16°–5 km/h W
- Wed4°17°–5 km/h W
- Thu7°17°16.6 mm5 km/h NW
- Fri0°3°35.0 mm5 km/h S
- Sat1°13°1.9 mm4 km/h SE
- Sun2°15°–4 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 7.5 × 7.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 27.4% of the 56 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,373 m low point 2,359 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 Rara Lake sits
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 2026 (scene 2026-09-29)
- 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
- 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)