Lafayette Reservoir
- Area
- 0.41 km²
- Tonight
- 48°FClear · Wind 5 mph NNW
Lafayette Reservoir is a lake at 134 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.41 km² in area and 1.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 134 m
- Length
- 1.2 km
- Shoreline
- 4.3 km
Lafayette Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 4.3 km≈1 h to walk around
Lafayette Reservoir 3D map
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Lafayette Reservoir terrain and contours
10 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.
Lafayette Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lafayette Reservoir weather
Tonight · Clear · 48°F (9°C) · Wind 5 mph NNW
Lafayette Reservoir forecast for about 239 m.
- Tonight48°–5 mph NNW
- Sat48°71°–2–7 mph NE
- Sun50°71°–3 mph NE
- Mon47°66°1%2–8 mph WSW
- Tue47°65°1%3 mph W
- Wed49°66°1%3 mph WSW
- Thu49°63°19%2–6 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lafayette Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lafayette Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.0 km N
Nearest trailhead
2.8 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Homestead Valley
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.0 km N |
| Parking | 0.3 km W |
| Upper Parking LotParking | 0.4 km WSW |
| Trailhead | 2.8 km SSW |
| Orinda Oaks Park TrailheadTrailhead | 3.5 km SSW |
| De La Veaga TrailheadTrailhead | 4.3 km W |
| Homestead ValleyCampsite | 4.6 km N |
| Sibley Back Pack CampCampsite | 6.4 km SW |
| Maud WhalenCampsite | 6.4 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.4% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 234 m low point 87 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.
Where Lafayette Reservoir sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Briones ReservoirLake↑6.7 km NW
Lake Anza↑9.6 km W
Lake Merritt↑13 km SW
Mount DiabloPeak · 1,160 m↑20 km E
San Ramon Valley↑22 km SE
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Lafayette Reservoir 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 2026-09-30)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia