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Rawal Lake

533 m1,749 ft
Area
4.66 km²
Tonight
16°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h N

Rawal Lake is a lake at 533 m above sea level in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, 4.66 km² in area and 4.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
533 m
Length
4.0 km
Shoreline
24.9 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Rawal Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.0 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
24.9 km≈6¼ h to walk around
3D map

Rawal 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 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Rawal Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Rawal Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Rawal Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 16°C (61°F) · Wind 4 km/h N

Rawal Lake forecast for about 533 m.

  • Tonight16°–4 km/h N
  • Today14°25°0.4 mm11 km/h SE
  • Sun14°26°–9 km/h SW
  • Mon14°27°–10 km/h NW
  • Tue14°25°–4 km/h N
  • Wed15°25°–4 km/h N
  • Thu15°25°–5 km/h N
  • Fri15°25°–5 km/h NW
  • Sat16°24°–4 km/h N
  • Sun16°25°–4 km/h N

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Rawal Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking1.6 km SW
Parking1.6 km NNE
Parking1.9 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.9%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
98 m low point 496 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.1%Built-up 17.8%Water 15.6%Cropland 13.2%Grassland 7.7%Shrubland 0.9%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.0 km; 130 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Five-striped Palm Squirrel8
  • Black Drongo6
  • House Sparrow6
  • Jungle Babbler6
  • Black Kite5
  • White-throated Kingfisher5
Where it sits

Where Rawal Lake sits

Region
Pakistan100Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Rawal Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-09-26)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia