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Lake Hodges

87 m285 ft
Area
3.50 km²
Tonight
54°FRain showers · Wind 0–5 mph N

Lake Hodges is a lake at 87 m above sea level in California, United States, 3.50 km² in area and 5.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
87 m
Length
5.8 km
Shoreline
24.5 km
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Lake

Lake Hodges in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

5.8 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
24.5 km≈6 h to walk around
3D map

Lake Hodges 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7.8 × 7.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Hodges 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Hodges elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Lake Hodges weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 54°F (12°C) · 31% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph N

Lake Hodges forecast for about 106 m.

  • Tonight54°31%0–5 mph N
  • Sat56°75°1%0–10 mph NW
  • Sun58°79°–0–10 mph NW
  • Mon56°81°–0–10 mph NW
  • Tue55°79°–0–10 mph N
  • Wed56°77°3%0–10 mph SE
  • Thu58°73°20%0–10 mph S

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Hodges

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking2.1 km NNE
Parking2.2 km SE
Parking2.4 km SSE
Ridgeline TrailheadTrailhead7.8 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 7.8 × 7.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 66% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
66.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.7%
Steep, 30–45°
6.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
6.4% of the 61 km² view
Relief in view
399 m low point 39 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 31.1%Shrubland 30.1%Built-up 21.3%Grassland 11.0%Water 5.4%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.9 km of Lake Hodges.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Bernardo Mountain349 m 1.5 km ENE
  2. 2Bakali Peak155 m 3.1 km S
  3. 3Rancho Bernardo Summit364 m 3.6 km S
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.9 km; 1,327 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Fence Lizard450
  • California Buckwheat283
  • Western Grebe254
  • California Towhee207
  • Anna's Hummingbird198
  • Red-tailed Hawk184
Where it sits

Where Lake Hodges sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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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 2026-09-26)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia