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Lake · California

Lake Mathews

418 m1,371 ft
Area
10 km²
Tonight
55°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Lake Mathews is a lake at 418 m above sea level in California, United States, 10 km² in area and 7.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
418 m
Length
7.5 km
Shoreline
36.5 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Lake Mathews in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

7.5 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
36.5 km≈9¼ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Mathews 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.5 × 9.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Mathews 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 Mathews 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 Mathews weather

Tonight · Fair · 55°F (13°C) · 14% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Lake Mathews forecast for about 395 m.

  • Tonight55°14%0–5 mph SE
  • Sat55°75°1%0–15 mph NW
  • Sun58°78°–0–5 mph N
  • Mon57°79°–0–5 mph N
  • Tue56°78°–0–5 mph S
  • Wed56°77°2%0–5 mph N
  • Thu56°73°14%0–5 mph N

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Mathews

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

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking1.7 km NW
Parking1.7 km NW
Parking1.9 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 9.5 × 9.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
79.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
19.0%
Steep, 30–45°
1.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
1.4% of the 90 km² view
Relief in view
458 m low point 262 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 50.7%Shrubland 15.4%Water 11.3%Built-up 9.7%Trees 6.3%Bare rock / sparse 3.7%Cropland 2.8%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.7 km of Lake Mathews.

NESW2 km5 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Black Rocks481 m 3.5 km SSW
  2. 2Monument Peak699 m 4.3 km SSE
  3. 3Arlington Mountain557 m 4.7 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 528 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Brittlebush37
  • Western Fence Lizard29
  • Buffalo Gourd29
  • Coyote24
  • Wishbone Bush24
  • Blue dicks23
Where it sits

Where Lake Mathews sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Mathews 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 2026-08-17)
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