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Honey Lake

1,214 m3,983 ft
Area
229 km²
Tonight
33°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph NW

Honey Lake is a lake at 1,214 m above sea level in California, United States, 229 km² in area and 26.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,214 m
Length
26.5 km
Shoreline
124.4 km
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Lake

Honey Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
124.4 km
3D map

Honey Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Honey Lake 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

Honey Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Honey Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 33°F (1°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph NW

Honey Lake forecast for about 1,217 m.

  • Tonight33°1%0–5 mph NW
  • Sat34°57°1%0–5 mph E
  • Sun37°62°–0 mph
  • Mon34°62°6%5–15 mph SW
  • Tue33°57°3%0–5 mph W
  • Wed36°59°1%0 mph
  • Thu37°58°8%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Honey Lake

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking6.1 km NNW
Campsite7.9 km SW
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°
97.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
749 m low point 1,214 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 38.8%Grassland 19.0%Shrubland 18.3%Bare rock / sparse 18.1%Trees 4.0%Cropland 1.5%

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 10 km; 112 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alkali Skipper8
  • Wetsalts Tiger Beetle7
  • Alkali heliotrope6
  • Alkali Weed5
  • Melissa Blue5
  • Williston's Tiger Beetle5
Where it sits

Where Honey Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Honey Lake 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 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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia