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Sloan Lake

1,618 m5,308 ft
Area
0.71 km²
Tonight
47°FPartly cloudy · Wind 3–10 mph W

Sloan Lake is a lake at 1,618 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 0.71 km² in area and 1.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,618 m
Length
1.6 km
Shoreline
5.0 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Sloan Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.6 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.0 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Sloan 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

Sloan Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sloan Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Sloan Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 47°F (8°C) · Wind 3–10 mph W

Sloan Lake forecast for about 1,627 m.

  • Tonight47°–3–10 mph W
  • Sat41°56°43%3–10 mph NE
  • Sun42°59°47%1–9 mph NNE
  • Mon39°59°18%2–6 mph NE
  • Tue40°65°1%1–6 mph E
  • Wed39°66°3%6 mph ESE
  • Thu40°63°3%5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Sloan Lake

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km E
Parking0.4 km ENE
Parking0.4 km N
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
89 m low point 1,584 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 64.3%Trees 22.4%Grassland 8.0%Water 4.5%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

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; 603 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Canada Goose287
  • Mallard188
  • Showy milkweed141
  • Red-winged Blackbird109
  • Double-crested Cormorant101
  • Western Honey Bee85
Where it sits

Where Sloan Lake sits

Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Sloan 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 2026-08-20)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia