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Weiss Lake

171 m561 ft
Area
103 km²
Tonight
51°FClear · Wind 5 mph E

Weiss Lake is a lake at 171 m above sea level in Alabama, United States, 103 km² in area and 34.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
171 m
Length
34.3 km
Shoreline
518.1 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Weiss Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
518.1 km
3D map

Weiss 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

Weiss Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Weiss Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Weiss Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 51°F (11°C) · Wind 5 mph E

Weiss Lake forecast for about 172 m.

  • Tonight51°–5 mph E
  • Sat51°73°–5 mph E
  • Sun51°72°–5–10 mph E
  • Mon49°73°–0–5 mph NE
  • Tue52°75°–0 mph
  • Wed51°74°–5 mph E
  • Thu52°76°1%0–5 mph E

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Weiss Lake

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

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking3.4 km NE
Parking4.7 km SSW
Parking4.8 km SSW
Caravan site5.5 km SSE
Caravan site6.7 km SSE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
199 m low point 155 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 45.7%Water 20.9%Grassland 18.4%Cropland 13.5%Built-up 1.4%

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 10 km; 922 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Green pitcher plant40
  • White clover30
  • Field madder28
  • American sweetgum21
  • Green Anole19
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14
Where it sits

Where Weiss Lake sits

Region
Alabama6United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Weiss 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 2026-09-17)
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 · Wikipedia