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Lake Piru

298 m978 ft
Area
1.90 km²
Tonight
52°FFair · Wind 10–15 mph N

Lake Piru is a lake at 298 m above sea level in California, United States, 1.90 km² in area and 2.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
298 m
Length
2.5 km
Shoreline
7.7 km
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Lake

Lake Piru in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.5 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
7.7 km≈2 h to walk around
3D map

Lake Piru 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.5 × 4.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Piru 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 Piru 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 Piru weather

Tonight · Fair · 52°F (11°C) · 6% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph N

Lake Piru forecast for about 350 m.

  • Tonight52°6%10–15 mph N
  • Sat53°79°–10–15 mph NE
  • Sun53°81°–5–10 mph NNE
  • Mon53°82°–5 mph NNW
  • Tue52°82°–5 mph SSW
  • Wed52°80°–5 mph SSE
  • Thu52°76°15%0–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Piru

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km WNW
Parking1.0 km WNW
Parking1.6 km NNW
Campsite4.2 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.5 × 4.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
34.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
30.6%
Steep, 30–45°
32.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.0%
Steeper than 30°
35.3% of the 20 km² view
Relief in view
453 m low point 256 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.3%Shrubland 21.0%Trees 15.7%Water 10.9%Bare rock / sparse 4.6%Cropland 1.0%Built-up 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 2.3 km; 400 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mule Deer71
  • Bald Eagle35
  • Turkey Vulture33
  • Acorn Woodpecker29
  • Red-tailed Hawk23
  • Rock Wren23
Where it sits

Where Lake Piru sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Lake Piru downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
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)
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
Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia