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Shoshone Lake
- Area
- 28 km²
- Max depth
- 63 m
- Tonight
- 19°FSleet showers · Wind 2–7 mph NW
Shoshone Lake is a lake at 2,376 m above sea level in Wyoming, United States, 28 km² in area and 10.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,376 m
- Length
- 10.4 km
- Shoreline
- 35.6 km
Shoshone Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 35.6 km≈9 h to walk around
Shoshone Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.4 × 12.4 km
Shoshone 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.
Shoshone Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Shoshone Lake weather
Tonight · Sleet showers · 19°F (-7°C) · 97% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–7 mph NW
Shoshone Lake forecast for about 2,377 m.
- Tonight19°97%2–7 mph NW
- Sat20°42°2%2 mph SE
- Sun21°46°3%0 mph
- Mon23°45°31%3 mph SSW
- Tue20°40°74%6 mph SW
- Wed19°39°30%3 mph SW
- Thu21°43°20%2 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Shoshone Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Shoshone Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
S Narrow Point
Nearest trailhead
Spring Creek Trail
Nearest parking
7.2 km NNW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| S Narrow PointCampsite | 1.0 km SSW |
| S Grizzly BeachCampsite | 1.2 km WSW |
| S Narrow BeachCampsite | 1.2 km S |
| Spring Creek TrailTrailhead | 7.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 7.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 7.7 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 12.4 × 12.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.2% of the 154 km² view
- Relief in view
- 353 m low point 2,323 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 6.2 km; 145 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- American Bison8
- Columbian Monkshood6
- Elk Thistle5
- Grouse Whortleberry5
- Trumpeter Swan4
- Common Merganser4
Where Shoshone Lake sits
- Region
- Wyoming24United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yellowstone National Park10
Nearby places
Isa Lake2,529 m↑7.8 km N
Craig Pass2,518 m↑8.2 km N
Lewis Lake2,372 m↑10 km SE
Heart Lake2,284 m↑22 km ESE
Yellowstone Lake2,357 m↑30 km ENE
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Shoshone 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 2026-08-31)
- 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
- 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)