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Lake Aloha
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 22–33 mph NE
Lake Aloha is a lake at 2,476 m above sea level in California, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,476 m
Lake Aloha 3D map
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Lake Aloha 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.
Lake Aloha elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Aloha weather
Today · Clear · 27 / 40°F (-3 / 4°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 22 mph ENE
Lake Aloha forecast for about 2,499 m.
- Today27°40°2%22 mph ENE
- Sat29°48°1%10–32 mph ENE
- Sun29°50°–7–14 mph SSW
- Mon28°47°5%14–40 mph SW
- Tue29°47°5%5–8 mph SSW
- Wed31°49°3%5–8 mph S
- Thu31°46°15%7 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Aloha
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Aloha, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
3.9 km W
Nearest trailhead
Glen Alpine Trailhead
Nearest parking
6.1 km E
Nearest hut
Angora Lakes Resort
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.9 km W |
| Campsite | 4.0 km W |
| Campsite | 4.1 km W |
| Glen Alpine TrailheadTrailhead | 6.0 km E |
| Parking | 6.1 km E |
| Pyramid Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 6.6 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.6 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.6 km E |
| Angora Lakes ResortHut | 7.1 km E |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 17.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 696 m low point 2,339 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 2 km; 178 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-bellied Marmot31
- Mountain Spirea30
- Mountain Pride28
- American Pika23
- Blushing Monkeyflower23
- Purple Mountain-heath20
Where Lake Aloha sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Echo Lake↑7.1 km ESE
Cascade Lake↑9.6 km NNE
Fallen Leaf Lake↑9.8 km NE
Loon Lake↑20 km NW
Hope Valley↑21 km ESE
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
Lake Aloha 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)
- 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)