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Lake · California

Cascade Lake

1,971 m6,467 ft
Area
0.86 km²
Tonight
34°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–20 mph NE

Cascade Lake is a lake at 1,971 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.86 km² in area and 1.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,971 m
Length
1.7 km
Shoreline
4.1 km
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Lake

Cascade Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.7 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.1 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Cascade 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cascade Lake terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cascade Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cascade Lake weather

Today · Clear · 34 / 44°F (1 / 7°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph NE

Cascade Lake forecast for about 2,146 m.

  • Today34°44°2%10 mph NE
  • Sat37°49°1%0–15 mph NE
  • Sun40°54°–0–5 mph SW
  • Mon36°50°5%10–15 mph SW
  • Tue37°51°5%0–5 mph SW
  • Wed39°52°3%0–5 mph SW
  • Thu39°50°15%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cascade Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    Bayview Trailhead Parking

    0.8 km WNW · +2 more within 1.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Upper Eagle Point Campground

    1.7 km NNE · +2 more within 2.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Lighthouse Trail

    5.4 km N · +2 more within 7.1 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Bayview Trailhead ParkingParking0.8 km WNW
Parking0.9 km NW
Parking1.4 km NNE
Upper Eagle Point CampgroundCampsite1.7 km NNE
Boat CampCampsite2.2 km N
Camp ShellyCampsite2.3 km ESE
Lighthouse TrailTrailhead5.4 km N
Lighthouse / Rubicon TrailTrailhead6.5 km N
Glen Alpine TrailheadTrailhead7.1 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
52.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.9%
Steep, 30–45°
17.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.1%
Steeper than 30°
19.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
742 m low point 1,898 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.3%Water 19.2%Grassland 9.6%Bare rock / sparse 1.7%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 477 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Steller's Jay146
  • Snowplant141
  • Thimbleberry86
  • Mountain Pride80
  • Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel70
  • California incense-cedar66
Where it sits

Where Cascade Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia