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Lake · California

Castle Lake

1,657 m5,436 ft
Area
0.20 km²
Tonight
37°FClear · Wind 7–15 mph NNW

Castle Lake is a lake at 1,657 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.20 km² in area and 0.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,657 m
Length
0.7 km
Shoreline
2.2 km
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Lake

Castle Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.7 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.2 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Castle 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

Castle 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

Castle Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Castle Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 37°F (3°C) · Wind 7–15 mph NNW

Castle Lake forecast for about 1,948 m.

  • Tonight37°–7–15 mph NNW
  • Sat39°48°–3–7 mph NNE
  • Sun36°52°12%8–12 mph SSE
  • Mon32°43°29%5 mph S
  • Tue34°45°11%2 mph NNW
  • Wed36°47°5%2 mph E
  • Thu36°46°14%2 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Castle Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    Little Castle Lake/Mt. Bradley Trailhead

    0.4 km NNE · +2 more within 5.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Castle Lake Campground

    1.0 km NNE · +2 more within 6.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    North Soapstone Trailhead

    5.9 km WSW · +2 more within 6.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Little Castle Lake/Mt. Bradley TrailheadParking0.4 km NNE
Castle Lake CampgroundCampsite1.0 km NNE
Campsite1.7 km SSE
Gray Rock Lakes TrailheadParking4.9 km W
North Soapstone TrailheadTrailhead5.9 km WSW
South Soapstone TrailheadTrailhead5.9 km SSW
Parking5.9 km WSW
Sisson-Callahan TrailheadTrailhead6.7 km N
Lake Siskiyou camp resortCampsite6.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
30.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
57.2%
Steep, 30–45°
11.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
12.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
627 m low point 1,389 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 94.2%Grassland 4.6%Water 1.2%

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; 386 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western azalea48
  • Quill-leaf Lewisia45
  • Rose Spirea44
  • The Eddys Stonecrop39
  • Mallard37
  • Prettyface33
Where it sits

Where Castle Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pacific Coast Ranges 6
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Downloads

Castle Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-08-19)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia