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Lake · Colorado

Blue Mesa Reservoir

2,292 m7,520 ft
Area
36 km²
Tonight
32°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph E

Blue Mesa Reservoir is a lake at 2,292 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 36 km² in area and 27.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,292 m
Length
27.5 km
Shoreline
153.3 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Blue Mesa Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
153.3 km
3D map

Blue Mesa Reservoir 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Blue Mesa Reservoir 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Blue Mesa Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Blue Mesa Reservoir weather

Tonight · Fair · 32°F (0°C) · 24% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph E

Blue Mesa Reservoir forecast for about 2,341 m.

  • Tonight32°24%0–5 mph E
  • Sat34°61°86%5–15 mph ESE
  • Sun29°57°54%0–5 mph SE
  • Mon28°58°3%0–5 mph SSW
  • Tue28°62°2%0–10 mph SSE
  • Wed29°60°2%0–10 mph SW
  • Thu31°61°11%0–5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Blue Mesa Reservoir

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Blue Mesa Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Red Creek Campground

    1.4 km NW · +2 more within 2.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Dillon Pinnacles

    2.8 km W · +2 more within 3.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Dillon Pinnacles Trailhead

    2.9 km W

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Red Creek CampgroundCampsite1.4 km NW
Campsite1.8 km NW
Campsite2.5 km NNW
Dillon PinnaclesParking2.8 km W
Dillon Pinnacles TrailheadTrailhead2.9 km W
Parking3.1 km WSW
Parking3.8 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
56.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.5%
Steep, 30–45°
7.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
8.5% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
884 m low point 2,183 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 73.5%Trees 17.1%Water 5.7%Bare rock / sparse 3.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Blue Mesa Reservoir sits

Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-17)
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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia