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Diaz Lake

1,120 m3,675 ft
Area
0.30 km²
Tonight
44°FFair · Wind 6–17 mph NW

Diaz Lake is a lake at 1,120 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.30 km² in area and 1.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,120 m
Length
1.0 km
Shoreline
2.5 km
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Lake

Diaz Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.0 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.5 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Diaz 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

Diaz Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Diaz Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Diaz Lake weather

Today · Fair · 44 / 63°F (7 / 17°C) · 14% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph NNW

Diaz Lake forecast for about 1,152 m.

  • Today44°63°14%6 mph NNW
  • Sat46°68°–2–17 mph NNW
  • Sun48°71°–1–5 mph SSE
  • Mon48°73°–2–6 mph S
  • Tue48°73°–1–6 mph SSE
  • Wed48°71°–1–5 mph E
  • Thu48°69°4%1–5 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Diaz Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km ENE

    +2 more within 2.2 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Diaz Lake Campground

    0.4 km NW · +2 more within 6.4 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Boulder Creek RV Resort

    1.8 km SSE · +1 more within 5.6 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Alabama Hills Trailhead

    5.2 km NNW

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km ENE
Diaz Lake CampgroundCampsite0.4 km NW
Parking0.4 km NE
Boulder Creek RV ResortCaravan site1.8 km SSE
Parking2.2 km N
Portuguese Joe CampgroundCampsite4.8 km NNW
Alabama Hills TrailheadTrailhead5.2 km NNW
Sierra View RV ParkCaravan site5.6 km N
Tuttle Creek CampgroundCampsite6.4 km W
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 81% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
81.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
13.8%
Steep, 30–45°
4.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
5.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
280 m low point 1,116 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 60.4%Grassland 20.6%Shrubland 14.0%Built-up 2.2%Water 1.9%Trees 0.9%

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; 218 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird59
  • Narrowleaf milkweed28
  • Great-tailed Grackle27
  • Yerba Mansa22
  • Western Pygmy-Blue18
  • Brewer's Blackbird16
Where it sits

Where Diaz Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Diaz 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 2026-08-20)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia