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Skilak Lake

58 m190 ft
Area
99 km²
Max depth
161 m
Tonight
41°FLight rain · Wind 10 mph E

Skilak Lake is a lake at 58 m above sea level in Alaska, United States, 99 km² in area and 22.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
58 m
Length
22.6 km
Shoreline
88.0 km
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Lake

Skilak Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

22.6 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
88.0 km
3D map

Skilak Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Skilak 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

Skilak Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Skilak Lake weather

Tonight · Light rain · 41°F (5°C) · 76% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph E

Skilak Lake forecast for about 60 m.

  • Tonight41°76%10 mph E
  • Today35°49°87%5–10 mph SE
  • Mon34°47°16%5–10 mph SW
  • Tue33°44°7%0 mph
  • Wed38°48°34%0–5 mph E
  • Thu39°49°72%5–10 mph E
  • Fri34°49°72%5–15 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 10:48 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Skilak Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Upper Skilak Campground

    2.6 km NNE · +2 more within 6.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    2.6 km NNE

    +2 more within 2.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Upper Skilak CampgroundCampsite2.6 km NNE
Parking2.6 km NNE
Parking2.7 km NNE
Parking2.7 km NNE
Lower Ohmer CampgroundCampsite5.0 km N
Engineer LakeCampsite6.5 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 78% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
78.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
17.8%
Steep, 30–45°
3.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
3.9% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,419 m low point 56 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.3%Water 27.0%Grassland 18.8%Moss & lichen 3.0%

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 10 km; 326 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American Black Bear44
  • Squashberry39
  • Fly Agaric24
  • Fireweed18
  • Spruce Grouse18
  • Larkspurleaf Monkshood17
Where it sits

Where Skilak Lake sits

Region
Alaska30United States943North America1,328
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-08-26)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia