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Lake Pillsbury

552 m1,811 ft
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
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Lake

Lake Pillsbury in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

7.5 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
41.0 km
3D map

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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Pillsbury elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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

    1.5 km N · +2 more within 3.8 km

  • Nearest parking

    2.3 km NW

    +1 more within 3.5 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Lakeshore Trailhead

    4.2 km NE

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Lake Pillsbury ResortCampsite1.5 km N
Parking2.3 km NW
Fuller Grove CampgroundCampsite3.4 km NNW
Parking3.5 km NNW
Sunset CampgroundCampsite3.8 km NNE
Lakeshore TrailheadTrailhead4.2 km NE
Slope

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.

Gentle, 0–15°
46.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
45.7%
Steep, 30–45°
8.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
8.1% of the 90 km² view
Relief in view
591 m low point 510 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 77.4%Grassland 13.5%Water 8.4%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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 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 it sits

Where Lake Pillsbury sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Pillsbury 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 2026-08-31)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia