
Rock Lake
- 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
Rock Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 18.0 km≈4½ h to walk around
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
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.
Rock Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
Woodland Beach Resort
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km SW |
| Parking | 1.5 km SW |
| Parking | 1.5 km N |
| Woodland Beach ResortCampsite | 2.0 km SSE |
| Topel's Lakeside ParkCampsite | 2.6 km SSE |
| Sandhill StationCampsite | 4.3 km SSE |
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°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 40 km² view
- Relief in view
- 54 m low point 246 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.
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 Rock Lake sits
- Region
- Wisconsin12United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Monona258 m↑35 km W
Lake Wingra↑40 km W
Lake Mendota259 m↑40 km W
Horicon MarshLake↑57 km NNE
Geneva Lake↑67 km SSE
More 1
Rock Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)