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Lake · District of Columbia

McMillan Reservoir

43 m141 ft
Area
0.17 km²
Tonight
42°FFair · Wind 3 mph NE

McMillan Reservoir is a lake at 43 m above sea level in District of Columbia, United States, 0.17 km² in area and 0.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
43 m
Length
0.8 km
Shoreline
2.1 km
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Lake

McMillan Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.8 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.1 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

McMillan Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

McMillan Reservoir terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

McMillan Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

McMillan Reservoir weather

Tonight · Fair · 42°F (6°C) · Wind 3 mph NE

McMillan Reservoir forecast for about 52 m.

  • Tonight42°–3 mph NE
  • Sat41°64°–2–6 mph E
  • Sun41°67°–2 mph E
  • Mon49°69°–5 mph W
  • Tue48°69°–7 mph N
  • Wed50°65°1%6 mph E
  • Thu52°70°3%2–6 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:53 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near McMillan Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km W

    +2 more within 0.3 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    White Horse Trailhead

    4.7 km NW · +1 more within 7.1 km

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km W
Parking0.3 km SW
Parking0.3 km ESE
White Horse TrailheadTrailhead4.7 km NW
Battery Kemble TrailheadTrailhead7.1 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
88 m low point 12 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 74.6%Trees 16.0%Grassland 8.0%Water 1.0%

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 km; 1,247 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel281
  • House Sparrow168
  • Ligurian Leafhopper142
  • Tree-of-heaven134
  • Spotted Lanternfly130
  • European Starling129
Where it sits

Where McMillan Reservoir sits

Region
United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

McMillan Reservoir 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 2026-07-23)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia