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Upper Klamath Lake
- 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
Upper Klamath Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 164.1 km
Upper Klamath Lake 3D map
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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.
Upper Klamath Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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.
Nearest parking
5.6 km ENE
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 738 m low point 1,260 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
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 Upper Klamath Lake sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35Oregon Cascades8
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Ewauna↑20 km SSE
Lake of the Woods↑25 km W
Mount McLoughlinPeak · 2,894 m↑34 km WNW
Tule Lake1,230 m↑60 km SSE
Emigrant Lake↑61 km WSW
More in the Oregon Cascades 6
Upper Klamath Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)