Black Canyon Lake
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- Tonight
- 38°FFair · Wind 5 mph S
Black Canyon Lake is a lake at 2,150 m above sea level in Arizona, United States, 0.15 km² in area and 0.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,150 m
- Length
- 0.9 km
- Shoreline
- 2.8 km
Black Canyon Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.8 km≈45 min to walk around
Black Canyon 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 × 4 km
Black Canyon Lake terrain and contours
10 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.
Black Canyon Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Black Canyon Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 38°F (3°C) · 16% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph S
Black Canyon Lake forecast for about 2,195 m.
- Tonight38°16%5 mph S
- Sat34°53°39%5–10 mph S
- Sun34°54°–5 mph SW
- Mon37°58°–1–6 mph N
- Tue39°59°–2–9 mph S
- Wed41°59°6%2–8 mph S
- Thu41°57°37%2–9 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:13 UTC.
Camping & parking near Black Canyon Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Black Canyon Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Gentry Campground
Nearest hut
4.1 km E
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km SSW |
| Gentry CampgroundCampsite | 3.5 km SSW |
| Hut | 4.1 km E |
| Black Canyon Rim CampgroundCampsite | 4.8 km SW |
| Rim ResortCampsite | 6.9 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.2% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 164 m low point 2,094 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; 114 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Tule Bluet14
- Gambel Oak10
- Domestic Horse10
- Common bracken8
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine7
- Quaking aspen6
Where Black Canyon Lake sits
- Region
- Arizona28United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Willow Springs Lake2,293 m↑16 km W
Bear Canyon Lake2,304 m↑29 km WNW
Theodore Roosevelt Lake639 m↑84 km SSW
Mormon Lake2,167 m↑98 km NW
Ashurst Lake↑101 km NW
More 1
Black Canyon 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 2026-09-10)
- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)