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Lake Helen

2,490 m8,169 ft

Area: 0.12 km²
Tonight: 28°FFair · Wind 13–20 mph ENE

Lake Helen is a lake at 2,490 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.12 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 2,490 m
Length: 0.4 km
Shoreline: 1.3 km

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Lake

Lake Helen in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 1.3 km≈15 min to walk around

3D map

Lake Helen 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

Lake Helen 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 Helen elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Helen weather

Tonight · Fair · 28°F (-2°C) · Wind 13–20 mph ENE

Lake Helen forecast for about 2,469 m.

Tonight28°–13–20 mph ENE
Sat33°52°–0–15 mph ESE
Sun32°48°4%3–7 mph SSW
Mon28°43°22%8–16 mph SSW
Tue30°44°6%2–7 mph SSW
Wed32°47°6%2–9 mph SSW
Thu32°45°15%2–9 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Helen

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

Nearest parking
Lake Helen
0.2 km SSE · +2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest trailhead
Bumpass Hell Trailhead
0.4 km SW · +2 more within 2.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Southwest Campground
4.0 km SSW · +2 more within 7.7 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Lake HelenParking	0.2 km SSE
Parking	0.2 km S
Bumpass Hell TrailheadTrailhead	0.4 km SW
Bumpass Hell ParkingParking	0.5 km SW
Lassen Peak TrailheadTrailhead	0.8 km NNE
Terrace Lake-Park Highway TrailheadTrailhead	2.7 km ENE
Southwest CampgroundCampsite	4.0 km SSW
D-19Campsite	7.7 km NW
Summit Lake SouthCampsite	7.7 km ENE

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°

31.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.5%

Steep, 30–45°

20.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.4%

Steeper than 30°: 21.5% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,059 m low point 2,105 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 44.5%Trees 29.6%Bare rock / sparse 24.7%Water 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Lake Helen.

Summit list 6

1Mount Helen2,694 m 0.7 km ENE
2Ski Heil Peak2,721 m 1.1 km WNW
3Eagle Peak2,811 m 1.2 km NW
4Bumpass Mountain2,664 m 1.3 km SE
5Vulcans Castle2,586 m 1.9 km NW
6Pilot Pinnacle2,672 m 1.9 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 403 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple Mountain-heath396
Satin lupine356
Mountain hemlock321
Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel255
Davis' knotweed230
Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat206

Where it sits

Where Lake Helen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Eagle Lake1,554 m68 km ENE

Downloads

Lake Helen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Helen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-30)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Lake Helen

West → east through the centre

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