El Capitan Reservoir
- Area
- 4.93 km²
- Tonight
- 53°FRain showers · Wind 0–5 mph NE
El Capitan Reservoir is a lake at 207 m above sea level in California, United States, 4.93 km² in area and 10.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 207 m
- Length
- 10.0 km
- Shoreline
- 31.2 km
El Capitan Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 31.2 km≈7¾ h to walk around
El Capitan Reservoir 3D map
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El Capitan Reservoir 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.
El Capitan Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
El Capitan Reservoir weather
Tonight · Rain showers · 53°F (12°C) · 36% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph NE
El Capitan Reservoir forecast for about 227 m.
- Tonight53°36%0–5 mph NE
- Sat55°76°1%0–10 mph N
- Sun57°81°–0–5 mph W
- Mon57°83°–5–10 mph NW
- Tue56°82°–0–5 mph N
- Wed56°80°2%0–10 mph W
- Thu56°76°16%0–10 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:37 UTC.
Camping & parking near El Capitan Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around El Capitan Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km W
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 12.5% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,126 m low point 151 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.0 km of El Capitan Reservoir.
Summit list 4
- 1El Cajon Mountain1,112 m 3.6 km WNW
- 2Rock Mountain996 m 4.2 km NW
- 3El Capitan1,026 m 4.5 km WNW
- 4Silverdome II970 m 5.8 km WNW
Where El Capitan Reservoir sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
El Capitan Reservoir 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 2026-09-14)
- 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)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)