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Millerton Lake

166 m545 ft
Area
16 km²
Tonight
52°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph NNE

Millerton Lake is a lake at 166 m above sea level in California, United States, 16 km² in area and 10.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
166 m
Length
10.5 km
Shoreline
67.8 km
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Lake

Millerton Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

10.5 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
67.8 km
3D map

Millerton Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.5 × 12.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Millerton Lake terrain and contours

20 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.

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Millerton Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Millerton Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 52°F (11°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph NNE

Millerton Lake forecast for about 171 m.

  • Tonight52°4%0–5 mph NNE
  • Sat54°72°–0–5 mph S
  • Sun56°77°–0–5 mph SE
  • Mon54°77°1%5 mph W
  • Tue53°74°1%0–5 mph WNW
  • Wed54°74°–0–5 mph SW
  • Thu54°73°8%0–5 mph W

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Millerton Lake

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.7 km SE
Campsite1.2 km NE
Parking2.3 km SW
Campsite2.8 km SSW
Parking2.8 km SSW
Dumma Strand Loop Camp Ground (73-84)Campsite3.1 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12.5 × 12.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
64.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
30.0%
Steep, 30–45°
5.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
5.3% of the 156 km² view
Relief in view
525 m low point 85 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 70.5%Trees 16.2%Water 10.1%Built-up 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.2 km of Millerton Lake.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Pincushion Mountain481 m 2.5 km NE
  2. 2Perkins West Peak429 m 2.9 km ESE
  3. 3Tick-Tack-Toe Hill266 m 3.9 km WNW
  4. 4Hulbert Mountain559 m 4.3 km N
  5. 5Table Mountain531 m 5.3 km E
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.2 km; 571 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sacred Datura63
  • Blue dicks62
  • Caterpillar scorpionweed49
  • Pacific chorus frog42
  • Turkey mullein42
  • Bird's-eye gilia38
Where it sits

Where Millerton Lake 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

Millerton 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 2026-09-07)
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