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Swiftcurrent Lake

1,488 m4,882 ft
Area
0.43 km²
Tonight
22°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2–6 mph NW

Swiftcurrent Lake is a lake at 1,488 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 0.43 km² in area and 1.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,488 m
Length
1.4 km
Shoreline
3.9 km
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Lake

Swiftcurrent Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.4 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.9 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Swiftcurrent 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

Swiftcurrent 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

Swiftcurrent Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Swiftcurrent Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 22°F (-6°C) · 7% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–6 mph NW

Swiftcurrent Lake forecast for about 1,732 m.

  • Tonight22°7%2–6 mph NW
  • Sat28°42°12%3–9 mph SW
  • Sun27°36°5%8 mph ENE
  • Mon32°46°15%2–6 mph SSE
  • Tue28°42°57%6–9 mph W
  • Wed24°36°51%7 mph N
  • Thu24°37°21%6 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:21 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Swiftcurrent Lake

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Grinnell Glacier Trailhead;Swiftcurrent Lake Trailhead

    0.3 km E · +2 more within 0.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km ENE

    +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Many Glacier Campground

    1.2 km W · +2 more within 7.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Grinnell Glacier Trailhead;Swiftcurrent Lake TrailheadTrailhead0.3 km E
South Shore Josephine Lake TrailheadTrailhead0.4 km SSE
Swiftcurrent Trailhead;Iceberg Ptarmigan TrailheadTrailhead0.4 km ENE
Parking0.4 km ENE
Parking0.5 km NNW
Parking0.5 km NNW
Many Glacier CampgroundCampsite1.2 km W
Cracker Lake CampsCampsite6.1 km SSE
Poia LakeCampsite7.3 km NNE
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
38.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.5%
Steep, 30–45°
25.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
10.2%
Steeper than 30°
36.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
958 m low point 1,463 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.9%Moss & lichen 18.1%Grassland 11.7%Bare rock / sparse 10.0%Water 9.0%

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 2 km; 490 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Moose152
  • Common beargrass105
  • American Black Bear94
  • Thimbleberry71
  • Common Merganser63
  • Brown Bear59
Where it sits

Where Swiftcurrent Lake sits

Region
Montana24United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Glacier National Park12
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Nearby places

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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 2026-08-28)
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