Berkeley Pit
- Area
- 1.76 km²
- Tonight
- 22°FSleet · Wind 1–5 mph NE
Berkeley Pit is a lake at 1,633 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 1.76 km² in area and 1.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,633 m
- Length
- 1.9 km
- Shoreline
- 5.2 km
Berkeley Pit in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 5.2 km≈1¼ h to walk around
Berkeley Pit 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Berkeley Pit 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.
Berkeley Pit elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Berkeley Pit weather
Tonight · Sleet · 22°F (-6°C) · 43% chance of precipitation · Wind 1–5 mph NE
Berkeley Pit forecast for about 1,703 m.
- Tonight22°43%1–5 mph NE
- Sat24°43°–0–5 mph SSE
- Sun24°45°–1–6 mph SE
- Mon28°50°30%2–6 mph SSE
- Tue24°46°59%1–6 mph WSW
- Wed20°41°29%1–5 mph WNW
- Thu22°43°16%2 mph SSE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Berkeley Pit
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Berkeley Pit, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.9 km SW
Nearest caravan site
Pull Through, Full Hookup 50AMP
Nearest campsite
Basic Tent & Cabin Camping
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km SW |
| Parking | 0.9 km SW |
| Parking | 1.1 km SSW |
| Pull Through, Full Hookup 50AMPCaravan site | 3.0 km SSW |
| Basic Tent & Cabin CampingCampsite | 3.0 km SSW |
| Butte KOA Journey CampgroungCaravan site | 3.1 km SSW |
| Back In, Full Hookup 30 & 50AMPCaravan site | 3.1 km SSW |
| Deluxe Tent Water & PowerCampsite | 3.1 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.5% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 317 m low point 1,633 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 2 km; 63 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rock Pigeon6
- Balkan toadflax5
- Yellow-tuft5
- Hoary alyssum4
- Common yarrow3
- Yellow Salsify3
Where Berkeley Pit sits
- Region
- Montana24United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Berkeley Pit 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)
- 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)