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Mono Lake
- Area
- 183 km²
- Max depth
- 17 m
- Tonight
- 33°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–10 mph N
Mono Lake is a lake at 1,945 m above sea level in California, United States, 183 km² in area and 21.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,945 m
- Length
- 21.1 km
- Shoreline
- 103.0 km
Mono Lake 3D map
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Mono Lake topographic map
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.
Mono Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Mono Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Mono Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 103.0 km
Mono Lake weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 33°F (1°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph N
Mono Lake forecast for about 1,953 m.
- Tonight33°5%5–10 mph N
- Sat37°56°–0–5 mph NE
- Sun40°62°–0–5 mph SE
- Mon37°61°1%5–10 mph SW
- Tue38°60°1%0–5 mph SW
- Wed39°60°1%0–5 mph S
- Thu38°58°9%0–5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mono Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mono Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
6.7 km W
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 6.7 km W |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 804 m low point 1,945 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 10 km; 615 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Giant Blazingstar140
- Desert Peach82
- Torrey's blazing star75
- Annual turtleback74
- Rubber Rabbitbrush52
- Thorny Skeletonweed50
Where Mono Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Inyo National Forest5
Nearby places
Tioga Lake2,938 m↑25 km SW
Tioga Pass3,031 m↑26 km SW
June Lake2,323 m↑31 km S
Donohue Pass3,373 m↑39 km SSW
Thousand Island Lake2,997 m↑40 km SSW
More 1
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)
- 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)