Siljan
- Area
- 291 km²
- Max depth
- 120 m
- Tonight
- 6°CFair · Wind 8 km/h S
Siljan is a lake at 160 m above sea level in Dalarna County, Sweden, 291 km² in area and 39.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 160 m
- Length
- 39.8 km
- Shoreline
- 307.3 km
Siljan in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 307.3 km
Siljan 3D map
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Siljan terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.
Siljan elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Siljan weather
Tonight · Fair · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 8 km/h S
Siljan forecast for about 160 m.
- Tonight6°–8 km/h S
- Today5°9°1.2 mm25 km/h SE
- Sun7°9°10.2 mm30 km/h SE
- Mon6°9°0.1 mm16 km/h SE
- Tue5°8°2.8 mm26 km/h S
- Wed7°11°–23 km/h S
- Thu5°10°–11 km/h NW
- Fri3°9°–8 km/h NW
- Sat4°7°–9 km/h S
- Sun5°6°–9 km/h W
- Mon5°6°–9 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 00:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Siljan
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Siljan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
4.6 km ESE
Nearest parking
5.0 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Olsnäsgården
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Hut | 4.6 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.0 km ESE |
| Parking | 6.2 km N |
| Parking | 7.3 km S |
| OlsnäsgårdenCampsite | 7.3 km S |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 239 m low point 158 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 10 km; 184 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tufted vetch6
- Common Tansy6
- Whinchat5
- Himalayan balsam5
- Small Tortoiseshell5
- Fireweed5
Where Siljan sits
Nearby places
Siljan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-31)
- 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)
- 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia