Lake Pillsbury
- Area
- 8.37 km²
- Tonight
- 32°FClear · Wind 5–10 mph ENE
Lake Pillsbury is a lake at 552 m above sea level in California, United States, 8.37 km² in area and 7.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 552 m
- Length
- 7.5 km
- Shoreline
- 41.0 km
Lake Pillsbury in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 41.0 km
Lake Pillsbury 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
Lake Pillsbury 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.
Lake Pillsbury elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Pillsbury weather
Tonight · Clear · 32°F (0°C) · Wind 5–10 mph ENE
Lake Pillsbury forecast for about 586 m.
- Tonight32°–5–10 mph ENE
- Sat33°79°–1–6 mph NE
- Sun33°76°1%0–5 mph SW
- Mon30°69°18%0–6 mph WNW
- Tue32°71°3%2 mph WNW
- Wed32°72°1%2 mph W
- Thu32°70°22%0–3 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:10 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Pillsbury
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Pillsbury, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Lake Pillsbury Resort
Nearest parking
2.3 km NW
Nearest trailhead
Lakeshore Trailhead
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Lake Pillsbury ResortCampsite | 1.5 km N |
| Parking | 2.3 km NW |
| Fuller Grove CampgroundCampsite | 3.4 km NNW |
| Parking | 3.5 km NNW |
| Sunset CampgroundCampsite | 3.8 km NNE |
| Lakeshore TrailheadTrailhead | 4.2 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 9.5 × 9.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.1% of the 90 km² view
- Relief in view
- 591 m low point 510 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 4.7 km; 286 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wapiti64
- Western Toad18
- Pacific chorus frog16
- Western Fence Lizard15
- Cardinal catchfly15
- Woollypod milkweed14
Where Lake Pillsbury sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Clear Lake401 m↑42 km SSE
Anderson Valley↑58 km SW
Mount Saint HelenaPeak · 1,319 m↑88 km SSE
Lake Berryessa135 m↑113 km SSE
Lake Oroville275 m↑129 km E
More 1
Lake Pillsbury 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 2026-08-31)
- 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)
- 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)