Lake Isabella
- 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
Lake Isabella in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 68.5 km
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
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.
Lake Isabella elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest parking
2.7 km NNW
Nearest caravan site
Lake Isabella RV Resort
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| South Fork Rec CampgroundCampsite | 1.8 km SSW |
| Paradise Cove CampgroundCampsite | 2.4 km S |
| Camp 9Campsite | 2.4 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.7 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.8 km NNW |
| Lake Isabella RV ResortCaravan site | 3.5 km SSE |
| Haven RV ParkCaravan site | 5.5 km SW |
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°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 10.6% of the 193 km² view
- Relief in view
- 925 m low point 722 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 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 Lake Isabella sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Kern River Valley↑7.4 km SW
Walker Pass1,600 m↑36 km E
Sherman Pass (California)2,804 m↑36 km N
Owens Lake1,084 m↑95 km NNE
Lake Kaweah212 m↑98 km NNW
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Lake Isabella 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 2026-08-05)
- 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)