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Wallowa Lake

1,335 m4,380 ft
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
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Lake

Wallowa Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

6.0 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
13.9 km≈3½ h to walk around
3D map

Wallowa Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Wallowa Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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

    +2 more within 2.9 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Biker/Hiker

    3.1 km S · +2 more within 7.4 km

  • Nearest hut

    Yurt 18

    3.3 km S · +1 more within 3.3 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Park at the River

    3.6 km S · +2 more within 5.6 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Huricane Creek Trailhead

    7.6 km W

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Parking2.7 km S
Parking2.8 km S
Parking2.9 km NNW
Biker/HikerCampsite3.1 km S
Wallowa Lake CampgroundCampsite3.1 km S
Yurt 18Hut3.3 km S
Yurt 19Hut3.3 km S
Park at the RiverCaravan site3.6 km S
Scenic Meadows RV and Tent ParkCaravan site3.9 km S
Five Peaks RV ParkCaravan site5.6 km NNW
Hurricane Creek CampgroundCampsite7.4 km WNW
Huricane Creek TrailheadTrailhead7.6 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
60.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.2%
Steep, 30–45°
13.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.0%
Steeper than 30°
14.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,624 m low point 1,265 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 40.5%Grassland 36.2%Water 10.1%Cropland 9.6%Bare rock / sparse 3.0%Built-up 0.5%

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 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 it sits

Where Wallowa Lake sits

Region
Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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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 2026-07-29)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia