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Raystown Lake

239 m784 ft
Area
33 km²
Tonight
32°FFair · Wind 1 mph NE

Raystown Lake is a lake at 239 m above sea level in Pennsylvania, United States, 33 km² in area and 30.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
239 m
Length
30.1 km
Shoreline
195.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Raystown Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
195.5 km
3D map

Raystown Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Raystown 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Raystown Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Raystown Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 32°F (0°C) · Wind 1 mph NE

Raystown Lake forecast for about 256 m.

  • Tonight32°–1 mph NE
  • Sat32°62°–0–3 mph SE
  • Sun35°65°–2 mph S
  • Mon41°70°–2 mph NW
  • Tue38°66°1%2 mph N
  • Wed43°64°1%0–5 mph SE
  • Thu44°70°4%0–5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:05 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Raystown Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km S

    +2 more within 1.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Riverbank Campground

    3.3 km NE · +2 more within 4.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km S
Parking0.5 km E
Parking1.4 km ESE
Riverbank CampgroundCampsite3.3 km NE
Lake Raystown Family CampingCampsite3.8 km WNW
Ridgeview CampgroundCampsite4.0 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
68.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.2%
Steep, 30–45°
3.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
3.8% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
542 m low point 168 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.5%Grassland 8.7%Water 5.1%Cropland 1.9%Built-up 1.5%

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 10 km; 2,047 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Wineberry94
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth73
  • Japanese barberry69
  • Eastern white pine64
  • White snakeroot63
  • Asian Lady Beetle61
Where it sits

Where Raystown Lake sits

Region
Pennsylvania14United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-10)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia