Balmorhea Lake
- Area
- 2.28 km²
- Tonight
- 63°FCloudy · Wind 5–15 mph SE
Balmorhea Lake is a lake at 972 m above sea level in Texas, United States, 2.28 km² in area and 2.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 972 m
- Length
- 2.2 km
- Shoreline
- 8.4 km
Balmorhea Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.4 km≈2 h to walk around
Balmorhea Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.2 × 4.2 km
Balmorhea Lake terrain and contours
5 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.
Balmorhea Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Balmorhea Lake weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 63°F (17°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph SE
Balmorhea Lake forecast for about 960 m.
- Tonight63°5%5–15 mph SE
- Sat62°85°32%5–10 mph SE
- Sun59°81°58%5–15 mph SE
- Mon57°77°76%5–10 mph SE
- Tue56°77°20%0–5 mph N
- Wed57°80°7%0–5 mph SE
- Thu57°79°45%0–5 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:07 UTC.
Camping & parking near Balmorhea Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Balmorhea Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Balmorhea Lake
Nearest parking
2.9 km NW
Nearest caravan site
6.3 km ENE
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Balmorhea LakeCampsite | 0.9 km NE |
| Parking | 2.9 km NW |
| Parking | 3.1 km NW |
| Parking | 3.1 km WNW |
| Balmorhea State ParkCampsite | 6.3 km WSW |
| Caravan site | 6.3 km ENE |
| Park HeadquartersCampsite | 6.6 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 4.2 × 4.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 18 km² view
- Relief in view
- 79 m low point 943 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 Balmorhea Lake sits
- Region
- Texas38United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Balmorhea 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 2026-07-28)
- 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)
- 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)