Canyon Lake
- Area
- 3.78 km²
- Tonight
- 59°FFair · Wind 5 mph E
Canyon Lake is a lake at 505 m above sea level in Arizona, United States, 3.78 km² in area and 11.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 505 m
- Length
- 11.1 km
- Shoreline
- 47.1 km
Canyon Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 47.1 km
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 · 13.1 × 13.1 km
Canyon 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.
Canyon Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Canyon Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 59°F (15°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph E
Canyon Lake forecast for about 769 m.
- Tonight59°2%5 mph E
- Today57°73°10%0–5 mph S
- Sun58°75°–0–10 mph NNE
- Mon61°79°–0–15 mph NNE
- Tue62°80°–0–10 mph E
- Wed64°81°7%0–10 mph ESE
- Thu64°78°54%0–10 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 06:37 UTC.
Camping & parking near Canyon Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Canyon Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km SSE
Nearest trailhead
Boulder Canyon Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Canyon Lake Campground
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.8 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.9 km SSE |
| Boulder Canyon TrailheadTrailhead | 1.7 km SE |
| Canyon Lake CampgroundCampsite | 1.9 km ESE |
| Campsite | 2.0 km NE |
| The PointCampsite | 2.8 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 13.1 × 13.1 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 21.7% of the 172 km² view
- Relief in view
- 803 m low point 465 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.6 km of Canyon Lake.
Summit list 6
- 1El Recortado729 m 2.6 km N
- 2Sheep Mountain1,075 m 4.4 km NNE
- 3Peak 2881878 m 5.5 km WSW
- 4Geronimo Head1,060 m 6.2 km SSE
- 5Battleship Mountain852 m 6.2 km SSE
- 6Hackberry Mesa851 m 6.4 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 510 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Saguaro100
- Mallard61
- Great-tailed Grackle56
- Buckhorn Cholla56
- California Barrel Cactus51
- American Coot49
Where Canyon Lake sits
- Region
- Arizona28United States935North America1,317
Nearby places
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 2026-08-18)
- 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
- 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)