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Lyell Glacier
- Area
- 0.27 km²
- Lowest point
- 3,649 m
- Tonight
- 17°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–30 mph ENE
Lyell Glacier in California, United States covers 0.27 km² and spans 3,649–3,910 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 3,910 m
Lyell Glacier: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 261 m
- Mean slope
- 23°
- Faces
- northmostly shaded
Lyell Glacier 3D map
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Lyell Glacier 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.
Lyell Glacier elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lyell Glacier weather
Today · Fair · 17 / 26°F (-8 / -3°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph NE
Lyell Glacier forecast for about 3,536 m.
- Today17°26°8%10 mph NE
- Sat21°35°–0–20 mph ENE
- Sun23°38°–5 mph WSW
- Mon22°35°1%10–15 mph SW
- Tue23°37°3%0–15 mph SW
- Wed24°36°6%0–10 mph SW
- Thu22°33°12%0–10 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:56 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lyell Glacier
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lyell Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Doc Moyle's Camp
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Doc Moyle's CampCampsite | 5.4 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 37.1% of the 9 km² view
- Relief in view
- 725 m low point 3,268 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 1.5 km; 81 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Jewelflower5
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily5
- Sierra juniper5
- White-tailed Ptarmigan4
- Western moss-heather4
- Mountain Pride3
Where Lyell Glacier sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yosemite National Park10
Nearby places
Mount LyellPeak · 3,997 m↑0.3 km S
Donohue Pass3,373 m↑2.8 km NE
Thousand Island Lake2,997 m↑8.3 km ESE
June Lake2,323 m↑18 km ENE
Tioga Pass3,031 m↑19 km N
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
Lyell Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-30)
- 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)