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Lake · California

Donner Lake

1,810 m5,938 ft
Area
3.41 km²
Max depth
100 m
Tonight
25°FFair · Wind 5–15 mph NE

Donner Lake is a lake at 1,810 m above sea level in California, United States, 3.41 km² in area and 4.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,810 m
Length
4.5 km
Shoreline
11.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Donner Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.5 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
11.5 km≈2¾ h to walk around
3D map

Donner Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.5 × 6.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Donner Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Donner Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Donner Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 25°F (-4°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph NE

Donner Lake forecast for about 1,813 m.

  • Tonight25°1%5–15 mph NE
  • Sat25°59°–0–5 mph NE
  • Sun28°62°–0–5 mph SW
  • Mon25°58°6%5–15 mph SW
  • Tue26°59°6%0–5 mph SW
  • Wed29°60°3%0–5 mph S
  • Thu29°58°20%0–5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Donner Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.2 km E

    +2 more within 1.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Donner Memorial State Park Splitrock Campground

    2.0 km E · +2 more within 2.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Donner Peak Trailhead

    5.5 km W

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Frog Lake Backcountry Huts

    7.2 km NW · +1 more within 7.4 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km E
Parking1.4 km E
Parking1.6 km W
Donner Memorial State Park Splitrock CampgroundCampsite2.0 km E
Donner Memorial State Park Ridge CampgroundCampsite2.4 km E
Donner Memorial State Park Creek CampgroundCampsite2.7 km E
Donner Peak TrailheadTrailhead5.5 km W
Frog Lake Backcountry HutsHut7.2 km NW
Benson HutHut7.4 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.5 × 6.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 59% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
58.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.6%
Steep, 30–45°
4.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
4.7% of the 42 km² view
Relief in view
582 m low point 1,804 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 85.0%Water 8.2%Grassland 4.4%Built-up 1.9%

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 3.2 km; 652 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Woodland pinedrops129
  • Snowplant114
  • Greenleaf manzanita88
  • Steller's Jay86
  • Fireweed84
  • Common Merganser82
Where it sits

Where Donner Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-09-30)
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