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Clear Lake

403 m1,322 ft
Area
159 km²
Max depth
118 m
Tonight
45°FClear · Wind 5 mph NNW

Clear Lake is a lake at 403 m above sea level in California, United States, 159 km² in area and 30.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
403 m
Length
30.8 km
Shoreline
147.0 km
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Lake

Clear Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
147.0 km
3D map

Clear Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Clear 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Clear Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Clear Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 45°F (7°C) · Wind 5 mph NNW

Clear Lake forecast for about 404 m.

  • Tonight45°–5 mph NNW
  • Sat45°71°–0–5 mph WNW
  • Sun45°69°1%2 mph SSE
  • Mon43°65°14%1–7 mph W
  • Tue44°66°2%1 mph NNW
  • Wed44°66°–2 mph ENE
  • Thu43°63°22%2 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:10 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Clear Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    4.1 km SSW

    +2 more within 4.2 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Kelsey Creek Campground

    5.0 km SSE · +2 more within 5.2 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Konocti Vista RV Park

    7.1 km SW · +1 more within 7.1 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking4.1 km SSW
Parking4.1 km NE
Parking4.2 km NE
Kelsey Creek CampgroundCampsite5.0 km SSE
Kelsey Creek CampgroundCampsite5.0 km SSE
Hike Bike CampgroundCampsite5.2 km SSE
Konocti Vista RV ParkCaravan site7.1 km SW
Aurora RV ParkCaravan site7.1 km NNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
74.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
22.0%
Steep, 30–45°
4.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
4.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
911 m low point 401 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 35.1%Water 33.0%Grassland 25.2%Built-up 3.7%Cropland 2.7%

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 10 km; 1,297 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard143
  • Western Fence Lizard131
  • Osprey124
  • Great Blue Heron111
  • Mule Deer98
  • American Coot91
Where it sits

Where Clear Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Clear 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 2026-09-15)
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