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Harry S. Truman Reservoir

216 m709 ft
Area
201 km²
Tonight
52°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5 mph SE

Harry S. Truman Reservoir is a lake at 216 m above sea level in Missouri, United States, 201 km² in area and 57.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
216 m
Length
57.1 km
Shoreline
987.2 km
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Lake

Harry S. Truman Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
987.2 km
3D map

Harry S. Truman Reservoir 3D map

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Topographic map

Harry S. Truman Reservoir terrain and contours

5 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.

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Harry S. Truman Reservoir elevation profile

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Weather

Harry S. Truman Reservoir weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 52°F (11°C) · Wind 5 mph SE

Harry S. Truman Reservoir forecast for about 236 m.

  • Tonight52°–5 mph SE
  • Sat55°79°2%6 mph S
  • Sun54°78°–1 mph S
  • Mon54°76°1%2 mph S
  • Tue53°73°3%2 mph S
  • Wed54°75°11%1–6 mph S
  • Thu52°73°15%2–6 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:36 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Harry S. Truman Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km ESE

    +2 more within 0.4 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Shawnee Bend Bluff Trail Trailhead

    1.6 km W · +2 more within 3.5 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Devil’s Backbone Campground

    4.4 km WNW · +2 more within 4.7 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    5.8 km WNW

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km ESE
Parking0.3 km ESE
Parking0.4 km ESE
Shawnee Bend Bluff Trail TrailheadTrailhead1.6 km W
Truman Lake Mountain Bike Park TrailheadTrailhead1.9 km NE
1000th Mile TrailTrailhead3.5 km WNW
Devil’s Backbone CampgroundCampsite4.4 km WNW
Campsite4.6 km SW
Buck Ridge CampgroundCampsite4.7 km WNW
Caravan site5.8 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
3.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.2% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
104 m low point 200 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 58.5%Water 21.4%Grassland 16.7%Built-up 1.7%Cropland 1.3%

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 10 km; 438 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black Vulture29
  • Three-toed Box Turtle22
  • American White Pelican19
  • Ring-billed Gull18
  • Great Blue Heron16
  • White-tailed Deer13
Where it sits

Where Harry S. Truman Reservoir sits

Region
Missouri9United States932North America1,313
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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 2026-08-08)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia