Wonder Lake
- Area
- 2.68 km²
- Tonight
- 24°FCloudy · Wind 5 mph E
Wonder Lake is a lake at 610 m above sea level in Alaska, United States, 2.68 km² in area and 4.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 610 m
- Length
- 4.4 km
- Shoreline
- 9.7 km
Wonder Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 9.7 km≈2½ h to walk around
Wonder Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.4 × 6.4 km
Wonder Lake terrain and contours
20 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.
Wonder Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Wonder Lake weather
Today · Cloudy · 24 / 29°F (-4 / -2°C) · 27% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph E
Wonder Lake forecast for about 688 m.
- Today24°29°27%5 mph E
- Sat27°37°38%0–5 mph E
- Sun27°36°41%0 mph
- Mon30°41°55%5–15 mph SW
- Tue28°39°17%5 mph SW
- Wed28°40°25%5 mph SE
- Thu28°38°23%0–5 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Wonder Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wonder Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Mckinley Bar Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Wonder Lake Campground
Nearest parking
2.8 km NNW
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mckinley Bar TrailheadTrailhead | 2.2 km SE |
| Wonder Lake CampgroundCampsite | 2.4 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 41 km² view
- Relief in view
- 319 m low point 587 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 3.2 km; 133 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Moose16
- Caribou10
- Common Loon8
- American Beaver8
- Larkspurleaf Monkshood8
- Bog bilberry8
Where Wonder Lake sits
- Region
- Alaska30United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Muldrow Glacier↑32 km SE
DenaliPeak · 6,190 m↑46 km S
Mount HunterPeak · 4,442 m↑59 km S
Hatcher Pass1,148 m↑205 km SSE
Mount HayesPeak · 4,216 m↑207 km E
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Wonder 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 2026-07-30)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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)