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Mount Watkins · 2,590 m · 3.6 km NE
Lake · California

Mirror Lake

1,245 m4,085 ft
Tonight
37°FFair · Wind 5–25 mph ENE

Mirror Lake is a lake at 1,245 m above sea level in California, United States.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,245 m
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3D map

Mirror Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mirror Lake 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

Mirror Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Mirror Lake weather

Today · Fair · 37 / 66°F (3 / 19°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph W

Mirror Lake forecast for about 1,359 m.

  • Today37°66°1%5 mph W
  • Sat40°75°–0–10 mph ESE
  • Sun41°76°–0–10 mph SSE
  • Mon40°74°1%0–15 mph S
  • Tue40°75°2%5–10 mph SSW
  • Wed42°75°3%0–10 mph S
  • Thu40°72°13%0–10 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mirror Lake

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Mirror Lake Trailhead

    1.4 km SW · +2 more within 1.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Yosemite Valley Backpackers Campground

    1.6 km WSW · +2 more within 2.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Valley Trailhead Parking

    2.2 km SW · +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Lounge

    2.4 km WSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Mirror Lake TrailheadTrailhead1.4 km SW
Snow Creek TrailheadTrailhead1.5 km NE
Yosemite Valley Backpackers CampgroundCampsite1.6 km WSW
Happy Isles TrailheadTrailhead1.9 km SSW
Upper Pines CampgroundCampsite1.9 km SW
Parking2.1 km WSW
Valley Trailhead ParkingParking2.2 km SW
Ahwahnee parkingParking2.2 km W
Curry VillageCampsite2.4 km WSW
LoungeHut2.4 km WSW
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
23.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.3%
Steep, 30–45°
26.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
22.5%
Steeper than 30°
48.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,486 m low point 1,208 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.9%Grassland 28.4%Bare rock / sparse 14.8%Water 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Mirror Lake.

NESW1 km2 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Half Dome2,693 m 1.5 km E
  2. 2Basket Dome2,315 m 1.7 km N
  3. 3Subdome2,564 m 1.7 km E
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 614 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Steller's Jay300
  • California Ground Squirrel246
  • Pacific Dogwood212
  • Common Raven125
  • American Robin120
  • Mule Deer116
Where it sits

Where Mirror Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Yosemite National Park10
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
See all 36 in the Sierra Nevada →
Downloads

Mirror 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