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Yellowstone Lake
- Area
- 342 km²
- Max depth
- 117 m
- Tonight
- 26°FSleet showers · Wind 3–10 mph NW
Yellowstone Lake is a lake at 2,358 m above sea level in Wyoming, United States, 342 km² in area and 34.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,358 m
- Length
- 34.0 km
- Shoreline
- 236.5 km
Yellowstone Lake 3D map
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Yellowstone Lake topographic map
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.
Yellowstone Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Yellowstone Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Yellowstone Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 236.5 km
Yellowstone Lake weather
Tonight · Sleet showers · 26°F (-3°C) · 98% chance of precipitation · Wind 3–10 mph NW
Yellowstone Lake forecast for about 2,356 m.
- Tonight26°98%3–10 mph NW
- Sat27°44°2%0–3 mph ENE
- Sun29°48°3%0 mph
- Mon30°48°24%2 mph SSW
- Tue27°42°69%3–7 mph SW
- Wed27°40°31%6 mph SW
- Thu29°45°20%2 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:47 UTC.
Camping & parking near Yellowstone Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Yellowstone Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Frank Island Bay North
Nearest parking
5.5 km WNW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Frank Island Bay NorthCampsite | 5.0 km S |
| Parking | 5.5 km WNW |
| Parking | 5.5 km NW |
| Frank Island Bay SouthCampsite | 5.6 km S |
| Parking | 5.7 km WNW |
| RavineCampsite | 6.4 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 302 m low point 2,358 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 10 km; 570 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wapiti652
- American Bison310
- Brown Bear231
- Barrow's Goldeneye128
- Lodgepole pine105
- Common Raven100
Where Yellowstone Lake sits
- Region
- Wyoming24United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yellowstone National Park10
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-31)
- 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)
- 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)