Clear Lake
- 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
Clear Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 147.0 km
Clear Lake 3D map
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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.
Clear Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest campsite
Kelsey Creek Campground
Nearest caravan site
Konocti Vista RV Park
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.1 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.1 km NE |
| Parking | 4.2 km NE |
| Kelsey Creek CampgroundCampsite | 5.0 km SSE |
| Kelsey Creek CampgroundCampsite | 5.0 km SSE |
| Hike Bike CampgroundCampsite | 5.2 km SSE |
| Konocti Vista RV ParkCaravan site | 7.1 km SW |
| Aurora RV ParkCaravan site | 7.1 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 911 m low point 401 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 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 Clear Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Clear 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 2026-09-15)
- 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)