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Watauga Lake

595 m1,952 ft
Area
26 km²
Tonight
38°FClear · Wind 0–5 mph E

Watauga Lake is a lake at 595 m above sea level in Tennessee, United States, 26 km² in area and 20.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
595 m
Length
20.0 km
Shoreline
166.8 km
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Lake

Watauga Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

20.0 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
166.8 km
3D map

Watauga 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

Watauga 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Watauga Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Watauga Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 38°F (3°C) · Wind 0–5 mph E

Watauga Lake forecast for about 601 m.

  • Tonight38°–0–5 mph E
  • Sat34°68°–0–5 mph E
  • Sun32°68°–0–5 mph E
  • Mon37°70°–0 mph
  • Tue41°73°–0 mph
  • Wed41°70°–0 mph
  • Thu42°71°–0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Watauga Lake

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Little Stoney Creek CampgroundCampsite6.7 km WSW
Parking7.5 km W
Parking7.6 km W
Parking7.6 km W
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
33.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
46.5%
Steep, 30–45°
20.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
20.4% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
818 m low point 501 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 83.8%Grassland 10.1%Water 5.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km of Watauga Lake.

NESW5 km10 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Peavey Mountain702 m 1.5 km WSW
  2. 2Gipson Mountain867 m 1.9 km N
  3. 3Curtis Mountain819 m 2.3 km NE
  4. 4Sink Mountain929 m 3.4 km NE
  5. 5Ingram Hill687 m 3.9 km S
  6. 6Stump Knob736 m 4.2 km SSE
  7. 7Little Pond Mountain1,101 m 5.9 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 787 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Orange-fringed orchid34
  • Common Box Turtle29
  • White-tailed Deer21
  • Canada Goose17
  • Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander17
  • Mallard16
Where it sits

Where Watauga Lake sits

Region
Tennessee15United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-02-24)
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