Castaic Lake
- Area
- 8.95 km²
- Tonight
- 53°FFair · Wind 10–15 mph N
Castaic Lake is a lake at 459 m above sea level in California, United States, 8.95 km² in area and 6.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 459 m
- Length
- 6.3 km
- Shoreline
- 48.9 km
Castaic Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 48.9 km
Castaic Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.3 × 8.3 km
Castaic 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.
Castaic Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Castaic Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 53°F (12°C) · 11% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph N
Castaic Lake forecast for about 424 m.
- Tonight53°11%10–15 mph N
- Sat54°77°–10–15 mph NE
- Sun55°79°–5–10 mph N
- Mon54°80°–5 mph NNW
- Tue53°79°–0–5 mph SW
- Wed54°78°1%0–10 mph E
- Thu54°74°15%0–10 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Castaic Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Castaic Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Main Launch Ramp Parking
Nearest campsite
Castaic Lake Campgrounds
Nearest caravan site
4.2 km SSW
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km S |
| Main Launch Ramp ParkingParking | 1.0 km S |
| Parking | 1.0 km S |
| Castaic Lake CampgroundsCampsite | 2.4 km SSW |
| Caravan site | 4.2 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 8.3 × 8.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 23.2% of the 69 km² view
- Relief in view
- 641 m low point 347 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 4.1 km; 542 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canada Goose91
- Vermilion Flycatcher85
- Turkey Vulture72
- Red-shouldered Hawk43
- Western Grebe42
- California Condor40
Where Castaic Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Castaic 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 2026-08-05)
- 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
- 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)