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Lake Thomas A Edison

2,311 m7,582 ft
Area
7.42 km²
Tonight
30°FFair · Wind 5–15 mph NE

Lake Thomas A Edison is a lake at 2,311 m above sea level in California, United States, 7.42 km² in area and 7.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,311 m
Length
7.2 km
Shoreline
18.6 km
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Lake

Lake Thomas A Edison in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

7.2 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
18.6 km≈4¾ h to walk around
3D map

Lake Thomas A Edison 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.2 × 9.2 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Thomas A Edison 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Thomas A Edison elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Thomas A Edison weather

Tonight · Fair · 30°F (-1°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph NE

Lake Thomas A Edison forecast for about 2,330 m.

  • Tonight30°5%5–15 mph NE
  • Sat33°57°–0–10 mph NE
  • Sun35°59°–0–5 mph S
  • Mon33°58°–5–10 mph SW
  • Tue35°60°1%0–5 mph SSW
  • Wed36°59°1%0–5 mph SSW
  • Thu34°56°11%5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Thomas A Edison

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Bear Ridge Trailhead

    1.6 km SSW · +2 more within 3.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    2.4 km SSW

    +2 more within 3.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Mono Creek Overflow Campground

    2.7 km SSW · +2 more within 3.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Bear Ridge TrailheadTrailhead1.6 km SSW
Parking2.4 km SSW
Bear Creek Cutoff TrailheadTrailhead2.4 km SSW
Mono Creek Overflow CampgroundCampsite2.7 km SSW
Mono Creek TrailheadTrailhead3.0 km W
Parking3.1 km W
Vermillion CampgroundCampsite3.1 km W
Parking3.3 km SSW
Mono Creek CampgroundCampsite3.3 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 9.2 × 9.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
60.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
29.9%
Steep, 30–45°
9.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
9.9% of the 85 km² view
Relief in view
1,196 m low point 2,055 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.1%Grassland 8.3%Water 5.8%Bare rock / sparse 3.7%

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 4.6 km; 206 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Snowplant38
  • Anderson's thistle15
  • Woodland pinedrops13
  • Common Sagebrush Lizard11
  • Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel11
  • Fireweed11
Where it sits

Where Lake Thomas A Edison sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
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Downloads

Lake Thomas A Edison 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 2026-09-17)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia