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Lake · Idaho

Sawtooth Lake

2,568 m8,425 ft
Area
0.70 km²
Tonight
27°FCloudy · Wind 5–14 mph NE

Sawtooth Lake is a lake at 2,568 m above sea level in Idaho, United States, 0.70 km² in area and 1.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,568 m
Length
1.4 km
Shoreline
3.7 km
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Lake

Sawtooth Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.4 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.7 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Sawtooth Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Sawtooth Lake terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sawtooth Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Sawtooth Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 27°F (-3°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–14 mph NE

Sawtooth Lake forecast for about 2,424 m.

  • Tonight27°8%5–14 mph NE
  • Sat26°38°–2–6 mph S
  • Sun29°43°1%2–8 mph SSE
  • Mon29°41°59%8–12 mph SSE
  • Tue26°33°56%3–7 mph SW
  • Wed26°36°14%6 mph SSW
  • Thu27°38°16%5 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Sawtooth Lake

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Iron Creek Trailhead

    5.0 km NE · +1 more within 7.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    5.0 km NE

    +2 more within 5.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Iron Creek Campground

    5.1 km NE · +2 more within 7.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Iron Creek TrailheadTrailhead5.0 km NE
Parking5.0 km NE
Iron Creek CampgroundCampsite5.1 km NE
Parking5.1 km NE
Parking5.1 km NE
Grandjean TrailheadTrailhead7.4 km WSW
Grandjean CampgroundCampsite7.5 km WSW
Free dispersed campingCampsite7.7 km WSW
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
23.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.6%
Steep, 30–45°
32.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
11.1%
Steeper than 30°
44.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
954 m low point 2,149 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 54.5%Moss & lichen 24.4%Trees 12.3%Water 6.1%Grassland 2.6%

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; 155 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Pink mountainheath14
  • American Pika13
  • White mariposa lily13
  • Whitebark Pine13
  • Sickletop Lousewort12
  • Giant red paintbrush10
Where it sits

Where Sawtooth Lake sits

Region
Idaho14United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Sawtooth 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 2026-08-10)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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