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Lake Tahoe
- Area
- 496 km²
- Max depth
- 501 m
- Tonight
- 34°FFair · Wind 10–20 mph E
Lake Tahoe is a lake at 1,898 m above sea level in California, United States, 496 km² in area and 35.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,898 m
- Length
- 35.8 km
- Shoreline
- 148.5 km
Lake Tahoe 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km
Lake Tahoe topographic map
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 Tahoe elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Tahoe downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
Lake Tahoe in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 148.5 km
Lake Tahoe weather
Today · Clear · 34 / 50°F (1 / 10°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph NE
Lake Tahoe forecast for about 1,902 m.
- Today34°50°4%5–10 mph NE
- Sat40°54°4%0–15 mph E
- Sun40°59°–0–5 mph SW
- Mon38°57°4%10–15 mph SW
- Tue39°57°3%0–5 mph SW
- Wed41°58°3%0 mph
- Thu41°55°15%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Tahoe
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Tahoe, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
8.0 km WSW
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 8.0 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,320 m low point 1,489 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 10 km; 827 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snowplant190
- Western Fence Lizard147
- Antelope Bitterbrush132
- Brown's Peony103
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel97
- Woodland pinedrops91
Where Lake Tahoe sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Spooner Lake↑4.6 km E
Cascade Lake↑22 km SSW
Fallen Leaf Lake↑22 km SSW
Echo Lake↑31 km SSW
Lake Aloha↑31 km SSW
More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
- 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)