Hell Hole Reservoir
- Area
- 4.49 km²
- Tonight
- 42°FFair · Wind 6–16 mph ENE
Hell Hole Reservoir is a lake at 1,401 m above sea level in California, United States, 4.49 km² in area and 6.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,401 m
- Length
- 6.2 km
- Shoreline
- 18.8 km
Hell Hole Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 18.8 km≈4¾ h to walk around
Hell Hole Reservoir 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.2 × 8.2 km
Hell Hole 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.
Hell Hole Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Hell Hole Reservoir weather
Tonight · Fair · 42°F (6°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 6–16 mph ENE
Hell Hole Reservoir forecast for about 1,340 m.
- Tonight42°1%6–16 mph ENE
- Sat41°70°–3–14 mph E
- Sun42°69°–5 mph SSE
- Mon39°66°7%5–8 mph SSW
- Tue40°67°6%5 mph S
- Wed43°68°3%5 mph SSW
- Thu42°66°18%3 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.
Camping & parking near Hell Hole Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hell Hole Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.1 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Hell Hole Campground
Nearest trailhead
Shanks Cove Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.1 km WSW |
| Hell Hole CampgroundCampsite | 2.5 km WSW |
| Campsite | 2.8 km W |
| Parking | 2.9 km SW |
| Parking | 2.9 km SW |
| Upper Hell Hole CampgroundCampsite | 3.0 km E |
| Shanks Cove TrailheadTrailhead | 7.8 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 13.1% of the 67 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,175 m low point 1,241 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 4.1 km; 147 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily8
- Fivespot6
- Torrey's monkeyflower6
- Canyon liveforever5
- Harlequin Lupine5
- Canyon live oak4
Where Hell Hole Reservoir sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Loon Lake↑11 km SSE
Donner Pass2,151 m↑27 km NNE
Donner Lake1,809 m↑30 km NNE
Cascade Lake↑30 km ESE
Lake Tahoe1,900 m↑31 km E
More 1
Hell Hole Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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)