Lake Britton
- Tonight
- 26°FClear · Wind 3–8 mph ENE
Lake Britton is a lake at 804 m above sea level in California, United States.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 804 m
Lake Britton 3D map
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Lake Britton 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.
Lake Britton elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Britton weather
Tonight · Clear · 26°F (-3°C) · Wind 3–8 mph ENE
Lake Britton forecast for about 914 m.
- Tonight26°–3–8 mph ENE
- Sat28°67°–1–5 mph NE
- Sun27°66°4%0–5 mph WSW
- Mon27°60°13%0–7 mph WNW
- Tue26°61°2%3 mph NNE
- Wed29°63°7%3 mph NNE
- Thu29°63°14%2 mph WNW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Britton
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Britton, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km ENE
Nearest campsite
Rim Camp
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.6 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.8 km ENE |
| Rim CampCampsite | 2.1 km ESE |
| Parking | 2.3 km ESE |
| North Shore CampgroundCampsite | 2.4 km NE |
| Pioneer CampCampsite | 2.4 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.9% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 386 m low point 776 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; 511 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Vine Maple42
- Pipsissewa39
- Thimbleberry24
- Hartweg's wild ginger24
- Steller's Jay23
- Osprey23
Where Lake Britton sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Manzanita Lake1,787 m↑55 km S
Lassen Peak3,189 m↑61 km SSE
Lake Siskiyou971 m↑63 km WNW
Lake Helen2,490 m↑63 km SSE
Castle Lake1,659 m↑64 km WNW
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-19)
- 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)
- 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)