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Tahkenitch Lake

6 m20 ft
Area
9.05 km²
Tonight
49°FCloudy · Wind 5 mph S

Tahkenitch Lake is a lake at 6 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 9.05 km² in area and 7.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
6 m
Length
7.4 km
Shoreline
70.3 km
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Lake

Tahkenitch Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

7.4 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
70.3 km
3D map

Tahkenitch Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.4 × 9.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tahkenitch Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tahkenitch Lake elevation profile

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Weather

Tahkenitch Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 49°F (9°C) · 10% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph S

Tahkenitch Lake forecast for about 61 m.

  • Tonight49°10%5 mph S
  • Today45°62°2%2–6 mph E
  • Fri49°63°21%5–9 mph S
  • Sat53°65°83%3–17 mph SSE
  • Sun48°61°59%2 mph SW
  • Mon49°61°36%1–12 mph S
  • Tue51°63°40%8–13 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Nov 5, 06:16 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tahkenitch Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.4 km S

    +2 more within 2.6 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Tahkenitch Dunes Trail - Threemile Lake North Trailhead

    2.3 km NW · +2 more within 4.2 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Tahkenitch Campground

    2.3 km NW · +1 more within 2.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Tahkenitch Landing Campground

    2.7 km NNW

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking1.4 km S
Parking2.2 km NW
Tahkenitch Dunes Trail - Threemile Lake North TrailheadTrailhead2.3 km NW
Tahkenitch CampgroundCampsite2.3 km NW
Campsite2.6 km E
Parking2.6 km NNW
Tahkenitch Landing CampgroundCaravan site2.7 km NNW
Tahkenitch Creek Trail - South TrailheadTrailhead3.4 km NW
Tahkenitch Creek TrailheadTrailhead4.2 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 9.4 × 9.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
51.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
40.4%
Steep, 30–45°
8.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
8.7% of the 88 km² view
Relief in view
226 m low point 0 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.4%Water 11.5%Grassland 4.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.7%Wetland 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 4.7 km; 606 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sugarstick103
  • Evergreen Huckleberry47
  • Scotch Broom46
  • Salal45
  • Bearberry43
  • Seashore Lupine43
Where it sits

Where Tahkenitch Lake sits

Region
Oregon61United States1,214North America1,796
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Tahkenitch 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 2026-07-18)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia