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Hume Lake

1,585 m5,200 ft
Area
0.35 km²
Tonight
40°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph SSE

Hume Lake is a lake at 1,585 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.35 km² in area and 1.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,585 m
Length
1.4 km
Shoreline
4.3 km
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Lake

Hume Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.4 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.3 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Hume Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Hume 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

Hume 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

Hume Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 40°F (4°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph SSE

Hume Lake forecast for about 1,703 m.

  • Tonight40°6%0–5 mph SSE
  • Sat43°58°2%0–5 mph N
  • Sun45°62°–0–5 mph SSE
  • Mon43°62°–0–5 mph SE
  • Tue45°62°1%0–5 mph SE
  • Wed46°62°1%0–5 mph SE
  • Thu44°59°10%0–5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hume Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Hume Lake Campground

    0.3 km NNW · +2 more within 2.2 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Sandy Cove Trailhead

    0.5 km ESE · +2 more within 6.0 km

  • Nearest parking

    0.5 km ESE

    +2 more within 3.6 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Hume Lake CampgroundCampsite0.3 km NNW
Sandy Cove TrailheadTrailhead0.5 km ESE
Parking0.5 km ESE
Hume Lake TrailheadTrailhead0.7 km WSW
Aspen Hollow Group CampgroundCampsite1.2 km S
Logger Flat Group CampgroundCampsite2.2 km SSE
Parking3.6 km NNE
Parking3.6 km NNE
Boole Tree TrailheadTrailhead6.0 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
50.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
42.3%
Steep, 30–45°
7.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
7.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
645 m low point 1,258 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 81.8%Grassland 15.4%Water 2.1%Built-up 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 km; 327 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mountain Misery76
  • Mallard68
  • Brewer's Blackbird44
  • American Coot39
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily38
  • Steller's Jay32
Where it sits

Where Hume Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Hume 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 2026-08-03)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia