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Gross Reservoir

2,214 m7,264 ft
Area
1.67 km²
Tonight
43°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2–9 mph WSW

Gross Reservoir is a lake at 2,214 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 1.67 km² in area and 3.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,214 m
Length
3.3 km
Shoreline
17.4 km
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Lake

Gross Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.3 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
17.4 km≈4¼ h to walk around
3D map

Gross Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.3 × 5.3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Gross Reservoir terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Gross Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gross Reservoir weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 43°F (6°C) · Wind 2–9 mph WSW

Gross Reservoir forecast for about 2,282 m.

  • Tonight43°–2–9 mph WSW
  • Sat37°48°36%2–7 mph E
  • Sun39°51°52%0–5 mph ENE
  • Mon36°52°25%0–3 mph NE
  • Tue38°59°5%0–5 mph SSE
  • Wed37°57°6%0–7 mph SW
  • Thu38°55°3%2 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gross Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.6 km S

    +2 more within 0.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Winegar Ridge Campground

    1.4 km NNW · +2 more within 2.3 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km S
Parking0.6 km SSE
Parking0.8 km SSE
Winegar Ridge CampgroundCampsite1.4 km NNW
Campsite2.2 km NNW
Campsite2.3 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.3 × 5.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
43.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
45.1%
Steep, 30–45°
10.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.5%
Steeper than 30°
11.4% of the 28 km² view
Relief in view
634 m low point 2,041 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.2%Grassland 17.7%Water 5.1%Bare rock / sparse 0.5%

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 2.7 km; 422 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Prairie pasqueflower28
  • Mountain Ball Cactus24
  • Bearberry23
  • Solomon's plume19
  • Creeping mahonia19
  • Pinewoods geranium18
Where it sits

Where Gross Reservoir sits

Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Gross Reservoir 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 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia