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Cuyamaca Peak · 1,979 m · 5.2 km SSW
Lake · California

Lake Cuyamaca

1,409 m4,623 ft
Tonight
44°FRain showers · Wind 0–5 mph NW

Lake Cuyamaca is a lake at 1,409 m above sea level in California, United States.

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Lake Cuyamaca 3D map

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Topographic map

Lake Cuyamaca terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Cuyamaca elevation profile

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Weather

Lake Cuyamaca weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 44°F (7°C) · 40% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph NW

Lake Cuyamaca forecast for about 1,413 m.

  • Tonight44°40%0–5 mph NW
  • Sat47°62°1%5 mph NE
  • Sun49°66°–5–10 mph E
  • Mon49°68°–0–5 mph NW
  • Tue49°68°–0–5 mph SW
  • Wed48°67°1%5 mph SW
  • Thu47°63°12%5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:37 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Cuyamaca

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

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km SW
Parking0.2 km W
Parking0.3 km WNW
Paso Picacho CampgroundCampsite3.0 km S
Trailhead5.5 km E
PinezanitaCaravan site5.8 km NNE
KQ RanchCaravan site5.8 km NNE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
52.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
41.6%
Steep, 30–45°
5.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
6.0% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view
1,025 m low point 959 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.5%Shrubland 27.8%Grassland 14.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km of Lake Cuyamaca.

NESW2 km5 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Middle Peak1,795 m 2.1 km WSW
  2. 2North Peak1,826 m 2.4 km NNW
  3. 3Little Stonewall Peak1,584 m 2.7 km SSE
  4. 4Cush-Pii1,707 m 2.9 km SSE
  5. 5Cosmit Peak1,394 m 4.2 km WNW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 1,519 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Woollypod milkweed411
  • Acorn Woodpecker393
  • California black oak375
  • Mule Deer362
  • Wild Turkey289
  • Palmer ceanothus267
Where it sits

Where Lake Cuyamaca sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-08-02)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© 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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia