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Upper Klamath Lake

1,262 m4,140 ft
Area
239 km²
Max depth
15 m
Tonight
26°FFair · Wind 7 mph NNW

Upper Klamath Lake is a lake at 1,262 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 239 km² in area and 36.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,262 m
Length
36.1 km
Shoreline
164.1 km
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Lake

Upper Klamath Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
164.1 km
3D map

Upper Klamath Lake 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

Upper Klamath Lake terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Upper Klamath Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Upper Klamath Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 26°F (-3°C) · Wind 7 mph NNW

Upper Klamath Lake forecast for about 1,262 m.

  • Tonight26°–7 mph NNW
  • Sat33°58°–5 mph NE
  • Sun35°58°22%1–5 mph SSE
  • Mon30°53°41%6–9 mph SW
  • Tue30°52°9%1–5 mph SW
  • Wed31°55°8%1–6 mph NNW
  • Thu32°55°11%1–5 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Upper Klamath Lake

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking5.6 km ENE
Parking7.6 km W
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
90.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
6.0%
Steep, 30–45°
3.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
3.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
738 m low point 1,260 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 46.3%Trees 36.0%Grassland 13.9%Cropland 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; 455 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bald Eagle44
  • Western Grebe31
  • American White Pelican29
  • Great Egret23
  • Mule Deer21
  • Rainbow Trout20
Where it sits

Where Upper Klamath Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35Oregon Cascades8
Region
Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Upper Klamath 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 2026-08-31)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia