Wallowa Lake
- Area
- 6.32 km²
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 1–6 mph SW
Wallowa Lake is a lake at 1,335 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 6.32 km² in area and 6.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,335 m
- Length
- 6.0 km
- Shoreline
- 13.9 km
Wallowa Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 13.9 km≈3½ h to walk around
Wallowa Lake 3D map
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Wallowa Lake terrain and contours
100 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.
Wallowa Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Wallowa Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 1–6 mph SW
Wallowa Lake forecast for about 1,332 m.
- Tonight27°–1–6 mph SW
- Sat32°51°–1–5 mph NW
- Sun36°54°18%3–9 mph S
- Mon34°52°52%2–7 mph S
- Tue31°46°48%3 mph W
- Wed30°47°23%2 mph W
- Thu31°49°17%3 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Wallowa Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wallowa Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.7 km S
Nearest campsite
Biker/Hiker
Nearest hut
Yurt 18
Nearest caravan site
Park at the River
Nearest trailhead
Huricane Creek Trailhead
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.7 km S |
| Parking | 2.8 km S |
| Parking | 2.9 km NNW |
| Biker/HikerCampsite | 3.1 km S |
| Wallowa Lake CampgroundCampsite | 3.1 km S |
| Yurt 18Hut | 3.3 km S |
| Yurt 19Hut | 3.3 km S |
| Park at the RiverCaravan site | 3.6 km S |
| Scenic Meadows RV and Tent ParkCaravan site | 3.9 km S |
| Five Peaks RV ParkCaravan site | 5.6 km NNW |
| Hurricane Creek CampgroundCampsite | 7.4 km WNW |
| Huricane Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 7.6 km W |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 14.4% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,624 m low point 1,265 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 4.0 km; 608 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Sockeye Salmon148
- Mule Deer92
- American Robin77
- Western Ponderosa Pine67
- American Dipper62
- Steller's Jay58
Where Wallowa Lake sits
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Hells Canyon↑45 km E
Warm Lake↑141 km ESE
Treasure Valley↑143 km S
Wallula Gap↑159 km WNW
Lake Wallula↑178 km WNW
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Wallowa 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 2026-07-29)
- 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)