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Rock Lake

252 m827 ft
Area
5.57 km²
Tonight
51°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5 mph SE

Rock Lake is a lake at 252 m above sea level in Wisconsin, United States, 5.57 km² in area and 4.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
252 m
Length
4.3 km
Shoreline
18.0 km
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Lake

Rock Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.3 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
18.0 km≈4½ h to walk around
3D map

Rock Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.3 × 6.3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Rock Lake terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Rock 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

Rock Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 51°F (11°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph SE

Rock Lake forecast for about 254 m.

  • Tonight51°2%5 mph SE
  • Sat53°71°2%5–15 mph S
  • Sun50°73°1%5 mph SW
  • Mon44°61°11%5–10 mph NE
  • Tue48°61°25%5–10 mph E
  • Wed48°68°20%5–10 mph S
  • Thu41°64°20%10 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 02:16 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Rock Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.4 km SW

    +2 more within 1.5 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Woodland Beach Resort

    2.0 km SSE · +2 more within 4.3 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km SW
Parking1.5 km SW
Parking1.5 km N
Woodland Beach ResortCampsite2.0 km SSE
Topel's Lakeside ParkCampsite2.6 km SSE
Sandhill StationCampsite4.3 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.3 × 6.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 40 km² view
Relief in view
54 m low point 246 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 32.4%Trees 27.0%Grassland 17.9%Water 13.6%Built-up 8.0%Wetland 1.0%

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 3.2 km; 1,225 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee92
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee41
  • Eastern Forktail37
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee31
  • Poison sumac29
  • Ligated Furrow Bee27
Where it sits

Where Rock Lake sits

Region
Wisconsin12United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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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 2026-09-11)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia