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Vanajavesi

79 m259 ft
Area
162 km²
Tonight
9°CLight rain · Wind 39 km/h S

Vanajavesi is a lake at 79 m above sea level in Kanta-Häme, Finland, 162 km² in area and 57.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
79 m
Length
57.7 km
Shoreline
490.0 km
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Lake

Vanajavesi in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
490.0 km
3D map

Vanajavesi 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

Vanajavesi terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vanajavesi 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

Vanajavesi weather

Today · Light rain at night · 9 / 9°C (48 / 48°F) · 2.0 mm · Wind 39 km/h S

Vanajavesi forecast for about 79 m.

  • Today9°9°2.0 mm39 km/h S
  • Mon9°10°4.3 mm32 km/h S
  • Tue10°11°–36 km/h S
  • Wed9°11°–33 km/h S
  • Thu7°10°–17 km/h S
  • Fri4°8°–16 km/h NW
  • Sat4°6°–12 km/h N
  • Sun4°5°–11 km/h N
  • Mon4°5°–13 km/h W
  • Tue4°5°–13 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 25, 12:29 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vanajavesi

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking4.1 km SE
Parking4.1 km SE
Parking4.1 km ESE
SFC HakalanrantaCaravan site7.5 km WNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
97.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
102 m low point 78 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.4%Water 30.2%Cropland 12.4%Grassland 3.9%Built-up 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 10 km; 367 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Himalayan balsam8
  • Silver-washed Fritillary7
  • Red Admiral6
  • Common Kidney-Vetch6
  • European Peacock Butterfly6
  • Least Gagea6
Where it sits

Where Vanajavesi sits

Region
Finland15Europe2,151
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Vanajavesi 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 2026-09-06)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia