Fallen Leaf Lake
- Area
- 5.62 km²
- Tonight
- 31°FFair · Wind 10–15 mph NE
Fallen Leaf Lake is a lake at 1,945 m above sea level in California, United States, 5.62 km² in area and 4.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,945 m
- Length
- 4.8 km
- Shoreline
- 11.6 km
Fallen Leaf Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 11.6 km≈3 h to walk around
Fallen Leaf Lake 3D map
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Fallen Leaf 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.
Fallen Leaf Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Fallen Leaf Lake weather
Today · Clear · 31 / 49°F (-1 / 9°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph NE
Fallen Leaf Lake forecast for about 1,982 m.
- Today31°49°2%10 mph NE
- Sat35°55°1%0–10 mph N
- Sun37°60°–0–5 mph SW
- Mon34°56°4%5–10 mph SW
- Tue35°57°5%0 mph
- Wed37°58°3%0 mph
- Thu36°55°15%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Fallen Leaf Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Fallen Leaf Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Tallac Trailhead Parking
Nearest campsite
Camp Concord
Nearest trailhead
Glen Alpine Trailhead
Nearest caravan site
Chris Haven RV Annex
Nearest hut
Angora Lakes Resort
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km NE |
| Camp ConcordCampsite | 0.7 km N |
| Tallac Trailhead ParkingParking | 0.7 km WNW |
| Fallen Leaf CampgroundCampsite | 1.0 km NE |
| Camp ShellyCampsite | 1.4 km NNW |
| Parking | 1.8 km NNE |
| Glen Alpine TrailheadTrailhead | 5.1 km SSW |
| Chris Haven RV AnnexCaravan site | 5.7 km ESE |
| Angora Lakes ResortHut | 6.3 km S |
| Trailhead | 7.0 km SE |
| ECCaravan site | 7.7 km ENE |
| C33Caravan site | 7.8 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 12.8% of the 46 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,066 m low point 1,899 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 3.4 km; 913 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snowplant166
- Greenleaf manzanita95
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel95
- American Black Bear85
- Mountain whitethorn82
- Woolly mule's ears80
Where Fallen Leaf Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Cascade Lake↑5.1 km NNW
Echo Lake↑6.6 km S
Lake Aloha↑8.5 km WSW
Hope Valley↑18 km SE
Lake Tahoe1,900 m↑20 km N
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Fallen Leaf 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 2026-09-30)
- 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)