Lake · Alaska

Vitus Lake

5 m16 ft

Area: 210 km²
Tonight: 38°FLight rain · Wind 5 mph NE

Vitus Lake is a lake at 5 m above sea level in Alaska, United States, 210 km² in area and 29.1 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 5 m
Length: 29.1 km
Shoreline: 186.3 km

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Lake

Vitus Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 186.3 km

3D map

Vitus 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

Vitus Lake terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vitus Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Vitus Lake weather

Today · Light rain · 38 / 44°F (3 / 7°C) · 100% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NE

Vitus Lake forecast for about 15 m.

Today38°44°100%5 mph NE
Mon37°45°27%0–5 mph NW
Tue37°47°–5 mph N
Wed38°43°16%5 mph NE
Thu39°45°72%5 mph E
Fri39°45°78%10–15 mph SE
Sat38°44°74%5 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 14:33 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vitus Lake

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

Nearest hut
Vitus Lake Cabin
6.1 km E · +1 more within 6.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
Vitus Lake CabinHut	6.1 km E
Midtimber Lake CabinHut	6.2 km SE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 147 m low point -1 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 58.4%Trees 25.5%Snow & ice 6.1%Grassland 5.9%Wetland 2.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Vitus Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount CookPeak · 4,196 m189 km E

Downloads

Vitus Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVitus Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-01.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-01)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Vitus Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest hut