West Lake
- Area
- 6.00 km²
- Tonight
- 18°CLight rain · Wind 22 km/h N
West Lake is a lake at 8 m above sea level in Zhejiang, People's Republic of China, 6.00 km² in area and 4.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 8 m
- Length
- 4.2 km
- Shoreline
- 45.8 km
West Lake 3D map
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West Lake topographic map
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.
West Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
West Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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West Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 45.8 km
West Lake weather
Today · Light rain · 18 / 19°C (64 / 66°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 22 km/h N
West Lake forecast for about 8 m.
- Today18°19°1.8 mm22 km/h N
- Sun15°23°–25 km/h N
- Mon16°24°–14 km/h N
- Tue14°22°–15 km/h N
- Wed15°22°0.5 mm9 km/h E
- Thu16°25°–6 km/h NE
- Fri18°26°1.6 mm6 km/h E
- Sat19°22°0.8 mm14 km/h E
- Sun15°31°7.5 mm23 km/h N
- Mon13°15°3.5 mm17 km/h N
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near West Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around West Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.7 km SE
Nearest campsite
孤山公园露营点
Slope
Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 83% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.4% of the 38 km² view
- Relief in view
- 259 m low point -0 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 West Lake sits
Nearby places
South Lake↑82 km NE
Yangcheng Lake↑91 km N
Lake Tai3 m↑102 km N
Qiandao Lake↑132 km WSW
Dongqian Lake5 m↑156 km ESE
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-31)
- 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)
- 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)