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Loon Lake

1,953 m6,407 ft
Area
5.18 km²

Loon Lake is a lake at 1,953 m above sea level in California, United States, 5.18 km² in area and 4.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,953 m
Length
4.8 km
Shoreline
20.8 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Loon Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.8 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
20.8 km≈5¼ h to walk around
3D map

Loon Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Loon Lake terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Loon Lake 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

Loon Lake weather

Loon Lake forecast for about 1,953 m: unavailable right now. Try again in a few minutes.

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Loon Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.6 km NNE

    +2 more within 1.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Loon Lake Campground

    1.5 km ESE · +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Rubicon Trailhead

    1.6 km ESE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.6 km NNE
Parking1.3 km NNE
Parking1.3 km SE
Loon Lake CampgroundCampsite1.5 km ESE
Rubicon TrailheadTrailhead1.6 km ESE
Campsite1.7 km NE
Red Fir Group CampgroundCampsite2.2 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 72% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
71.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
24.7%
Steep, 30–45°
3.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
3.9% of the 46 km² view
Relief in view
611 m low point 1,734 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 68.9%Grassland 15.4%Water 11.8%Bare rock / sparse 3.8%

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 3.4 km; 253 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mountain Pride27
  • Mountain Spirea27
  • Sierra Stonecrop26
  • Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily24
  • Woodland pinedrops20
  • Sierra mariposa lily18
Where it sits

Where Loon Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Loon Lake 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 2026-09-30)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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