Humboldt Sink
- Area
- 28 km²
- Tonight
- 26°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph N
Humboldt Sink is a lake at 1,186 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 28 km² in area and 11.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,186 m
- Length
- 11.2 km
- Shoreline
- 84.0 km
Humboldt Sink in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 84.0 km
Humboldt Sink 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.2 × 13.2 km
Humboldt Sink terrain and contours
20 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.
Humboldt Sink elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Humboldt Sink weather
Tonight · Fair · 26°F (-3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph N
Humboldt Sink forecast for about 1,186 m.
- Tonight26°1%5–10 mph N
- Sat26°60°–0–5 mph NE
- Sun29°64°–0–5 mph SE
- Mon28°69°2%0–5 mph S
- Tue26°62°4%0–5 mph W
- Wed29°63°1%0 mph
- Thu31°64°6%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Humboldt Sink
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Humboldt Sink, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
4.4 km ESE
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 4.4 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 13.2 × 13.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 90% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.0% of the 174 km² view
- Relief in view
- 519 m low point 1,180 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 6.6 km; 34 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Saltlover7
- Common Side-blotched Lizard6
- Shadscale Saltbush4
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard3
- Nevada Jointfir3
- Desert Horned Lizard3
Where Humboldt Sink sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Humboldt Sink 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 2026-09-07)
- 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
- 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)