Lake Oroville
- Area
- 60 km²
- Tonight
- 54°FClear · Wind 6–10 mph NNE
Lake Oroville is a lake at 217 m above sea level in California, United States, 60 km² in area and 29.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 217 m
- Length
- 29.9 km
- Shoreline
- 291.5 km
Lake Oroville in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 291.5 km
Lake Oroville 3D map
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Lake Oroville 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 Oroville elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Oroville weather
Tonight · Clear · 54°F (12°C) · Wind 6–10 mph NNE
Lake Oroville forecast for about 122 m.
- Tonight54°–6–10 mph NNE
- Sat53°73°–2–10 mph SW
- Sun56°71°–5 mph S
- Mon52°69°16%7 mph SSE
- Tue52°68°6%5 mph SW
- Wed53°69°2%5 mph WSW
- Thu53°67°15%5 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Oroville
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Oroville, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Foreman Creek Campground (Boat-In)
Nearest parking
2.9 km S
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Foreman Creek Campground (Boat-In)Campsite | 1.9 km NNW |
| Parking | 2.9 km S |
| Parking | 3.2 km SSW |
| Parking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Bidwell Canyon CampgroundCampsite | 3.3 km S |
| Coyote CampgroundCampsite | 4.2 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.4% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 905 m low point 39 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Lake Oroville.
Summit list 4
- 1South Bidwell Hill598 m 3.5 km ESE
- 2Mount Ratchel432 m 4.5 km NNE
- 3Stringtown Mountain717 m 5.7 km ESE
- 4Mount Hope618 m 6.4 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,116 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Kellogg's monkeyflower358
- Purple owl's-clover343
- Sierra mock stonecrop335
- White-tipped clover324
- Johnnytuck287
- Cascade onion275
Where Lake Oroville sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Oroville 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 2026-08-06)
- 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)