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Lake Isabella

777 m2,549 ft
Area
35 km²
Tonight
45°FFair · Wind 5 mph W

Lake Isabella is a lake at 777 m above sea level in California, United States, 35 km² in area and 11.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
777 m
Length
11.9 km
Shoreline
68.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Isabella in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

11.9 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
68.5 km
3D map

Lake Isabella 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.9 × 13.9 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Isabella 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 Isabella 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 Isabella weather

Tonight · Fair · 45°F (7°C) · 24% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph W

Lake Isabella forecast for about 792 m.

  • Tonight45°24%5 mph W
  • Sat48°72°1%0–10 mph NNW
  • Sun50°74°–0–10 mph NW
  • Mon48°75°–0–10 mph N
  • Tue49°75°–0–10 mph NW
  • Wed50°75°–0–10 mph NNW
  • Thu49°73°5%0–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Isabella

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

  • Nearest campsite

    South Fork Rec Campground

    1.8 km SSW · +2 more within 2.4 km

  • Nearest parking

    2.7 km NNW

    +2 more within 2.8 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Lake Isabella RV Resort

    3.5 km SSE · +1 more within 5.5 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
South Fork Rec CampgroundCampsite1.8 km SSW
Paradise Cove CampgroundCampsite2.4 km S
Camp 9Campsite2.4 km NNW
Parking2.7 km NNW
Parking2.8 km NNW
Parking2.8 km NNW
Lake Isabella RV ResortCaravan site3.5 km SSE
Haven RV ParkCaravan site5.5 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 13.9 × 13.9 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
55.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.7%
Steep, 30–45°
10.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
10.6% of the 193 km² view
Relief in view
925 m low point 722 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 67.2%Water 13.1%Trees 6.8%Shrubland 4.2%Built-up 3.9%Bare rock / sparse 3.8%Cropland 1.0%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 966 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Anna's Hummingbird355
  • House Finch341
  • White-crowned Sparrow338
  • House Sparrow212
  • California Gull159
  • California Scrub-Jay141
Where it sits

Where Lake Isabella sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Lake Isabella 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 2026-08-05)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia