
Anderson Lake
- Area
- 3.84 km²
- Tonight
- 46°FClear · Wind 2–7 mph N
Anderson Lake is a lake at 169 m above sea level in California, United States, 3.84 km² in area and 9.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 169 m
- Length
- 9.5 km
- Shoreline
- 30.5 km
Anderson Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 30.5 km≈7¾ h to walk around
Anderson Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.5 × 11.5 km
Anderson 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.
Anderson Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Anderson Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 46°F (8°C) · Wind 2–7 mph N
Anderson Lake forecast for about 247 m.
- Tonight46°–2–7 mph N
- Sat48°73°–5 mph NW
- Sun48°76°–5 mph S
- Mon45°73°–0–8 mph NW
- Tue45°71°–2–6 mph NW
- Wed47°72°1%1–5 mph WNW
- Thu47°70°15%0–6 mph NW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.
Camping & parking near Anderson Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Anderson Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.0 km SW
Nearest trailhead
Coyote Creek Trail
Nearest campsite
HQ Horse Camp
Nearest caravan site
Parkway Lakes RV Park
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.0 km SW |
| Parking | 1.0 km WSW |
| Parking | 1.1 km S |
| Coyote Creek TrailTrailhead | 2.5 km WSW |
| HQ Horse CampCampsite | 6.6 km ENE |
| Yerba Buena CampCampsite | 6.6 km ENE |
| Headquarters CampgroundCampsite | 6.8 km ENE |
| Parkway Lakes RV ParkCaravan site | 7.0 km W |
| Maple Leaf RV ParkCaravan site | 7.2 km S |
Slope
Share of the 11.5 × 11.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.8% of the 132 km² view
- Relief in view
- 805 m low point 94 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 5.7 km; 1,079 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wild Turkey218
- Pacific poison oak210
- Coast live oak205
- California bay182
- California buckeye181
- Acorn Woodpecker142
Where Anderson Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
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Anderson 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 2026-08-26)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)