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Waldo Lake
- Area
- 24 km²
- Max depth
- 130 m
- Tonight
- 32°FLight rain · Wind 3–7 mph W
Waldo Lake is a lake at 1,652 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 24 km² in area and 10.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,652 m
- Length
- 10.0 km
- Shoreline
- 41.2 km
Waldo Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 41.2 km
Waldo Lake 3D map
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Waldo Lake terrain and contours
50 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.
Waldo Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Waldo Lake weather
Tonight · Light rain · 32°F (0°C) · 31% chance of precipitation · Wind 3–7 mph W
Waldo Lake forecast for about 1,649 m.
- Tonight32°31%3–7 mph W
- Thu32°43°2%3 mph W
- Fri34°48°2%5 mph SW
- Sat36°54°67%3–9 mph SSE
- Sun34°42°67%1–8 mph W
- Mon34°45°15%5 mph SSW
- Tue35°47°24%2–7 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Nov 5, 05:41 UTC.
Camping & parking near Waldo Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Waldo Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
1.2 km W
Nearest parking
Swim Parking
Nearest trailhead
Twin Peaks Trailhead
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 1.2 km W |
| Swim ParkingParking | 2.5 km S |
| Shadow Bay CampgroundCampsite | 2.5 km S |
| Shadow Bay Day Use AreaParking | 2.9 km S |
| Parking | 3.0 km S |
| Campsite | 3.0 km SW |
| Twin Peaks TrailheadTrailhead | 4.5 km SSE |
| Bobby Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 5.5 km SSE |
| Betty Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 5.5 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.7% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,247 m low point 1,000 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.
Where Waldo Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon61United States1,214North America1,796
- Protected area
- Willamette National Forest3
Nearby places
Odell Lake1,459 m↑18 km SSE
Cultus Lake1,424 m↑19 km NE
Crane Prairie ReservoirLake↑20 km ENE
Wickiup ReservoirLake · 1,322 m↑27 km ESE
Crescent Lake1,475 m↑29 km S
More in the Cascade Range 6
Waldo 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 2026-07-27)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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)