Lake Hemet
- Area
- 1.22 km²
- Tonight
- 44°FRain showers · Wind 0–5 mph NW
Lake Hemet is a lake at 1,318 m above sea level in California, United States, 1.22 km² in area and 2.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,318 m
- Length
- 2.7 km
- Shoreline
- 8.4 km
Lake Hemet in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.4 km≈2 h to walk around
Lake Hemet 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.7 × 4.7 km
Lake Hemet 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 Hemet elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Hemet weather
Tonight · Rain showers · 44°F (7°C) · 22% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph NW
Lake Hemet forecast for about 1,343 m.
- Tonight44°22%0–5 mph NW
- Sat46°64°1%0–10 mph N
- Sun48°68°–0–5 mph E
- Mon48°69°–0–5 mph E
- Tue48°69°–0–5 mph W
- Wed47°68°1%0–5 mph SW
- Thu46°64°7%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:37 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Hemet
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Hemet, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km NNW
Nearest campsite
Lake Hemet Campground
Nearest trailhead
Spitler Peak
Nearest caravan site
RV with Hookups
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.4 km NW |
| Parking | 0.5 km NW |
| Lake Hemet CampgroundCampsite | 1.0 km ENE |
| Hurkey Creek ParkCampsite | 1.8 km NE |
| Thomas Mountain Yellow Post 1Campsite | 2.6 km ESE |
| Spitler PeakTrailhead | 5.2 km NE |
| RV with HookupsCaravan site | 5.9 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 4.7 × 4.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.3% of the 22 km² view
- Relief in view
- 468 m low point 1,227 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 2.3 km; 634 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Western Fence Lizard104
- Scarlet bugler90
- Mallard81
- Common Side-blotched Lizard66
- Woollypod milkweed61
- Big Sagebrush61
Where Lake Hemet sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Hemet 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 2026-09-14)
- 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)