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Storsjön

292 m958 ft
Area
449 km²
Max depth
74 m
Tonight
6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h S

Storsjön is a lake at 292 m above sea level in Jämtland County, Sweden, 449 km² in area and 66.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
292 m
Length
66.8 km
Shoreline
497.9 km
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Lake

Storsjön in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
497.9 km
3D map

Storsjön 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Storsjön 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Storsjön 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

Storsjön weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 19 km/h S

Storsjön forecast for about 292 m.

  • Tonight6°–19 km/h S
  • Today4°7°0.2 mm34 km/h SE
  • Sun6°8°8.1 mm40 km/h SE
  • Mon5°7°0.2 mm17 km/h SE
  • Tue4°6°–38 km/h S
  • Wed7°9°–32 km/h S
  • Thu6°8°–21 km/h NW
  • Fri5°8°–13 km/h NW
  • Sat4°5°–16 km/h SE
  • Sun4°5°–14 km/h SE
  • Mon4°5°–14 km/h NW

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

Camping & parking near Storsjön

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking5.8 km NE
Parking6.6 km ENE
Parking6.6 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
213 m low point 258 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 48.1%Trees 35.0%Grassland 11.7%Cropland 4.4%Built-up 0.8%

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; 210 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Lady's-slipper8
  • Marsh marigold8
  • European wood-sorrel8
  • Hoary Plantain7
  • Alpine Milkvetch7
  • Liverleaf7
Where it sits

Where Storsjön sits

Region
Jämtland County4Sweden23Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Storsjön downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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 2026-09-30)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia