Lake · New Mexico

Red Lake

2,179 m7,149 ft

Tonight: 41°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Red Lake is a lake at 2,179 m above sea level in New Mexico, United States.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,179 m

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3D map

Red Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Red Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Red Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Red Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 41°F (5°C) · 16% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Red Lake forecast for about 2,194 m.

Tonight41°16%0–5 mph SE
Sat38°57°40%0–10 mph S
Sun33°49°7%0–5 mph SW
Mon35°58°1%0–5 mph SE
Tue36°62°–0–10 mph S
Wed37°61°2%0–10 mph W
Thu38°60°25%0–10 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:02 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Red Lake

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

Nearest parking
2.5 km SSW
+2 more within 5.5 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	2.5 km SSW
Parking	3.1 km SSE
Venus Needle TrailheadParking	5.5 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

91.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 1.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 189 m low point 2,146 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 47.7%Trees 34.7%Water 7.8%Bare rock / sparse 4.2%Shrubland 3.2%Built-up 1.4%Cropland 0.9%

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 2 km; 87 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

American Coot16
Red-winged Blackbird15
Gadwall10
Russian olive8
Gunnison's Prairie Dog7
Western Grebe5

Where it sits

Where Red Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Big Lake2,700 m229 km S

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGRed Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Red Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking