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Owens Lake

1,083 m3,553 ft

Area: 82 km²
Tonight: 43°FFair · Wind 6–22 mph NNW

Owens Lake is a lake at 1,083 m above sea level in California, United States, 82 km² in area and 14.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,083 m
Length: 14.8 km
Shoreline: 43.9 km

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Lake

Owens Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 43.9 km

3D map

Owens Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 16.8 × 16.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Owens 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

Owens Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Owens Lake weather

Today · Fair · 43 / 63°F (6 / 17°C) · 10% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph NNW

Owens Lake forecast for about 1,069 m.

Today43°63°10%6 mph NNW
Sat45°68°–5–20 mph N
Sun47°71°–0–6 mph S
Mon46°73°–1–8 mph S
Tue46°73°–0–5 mph SSW
Wed47°71°–0–5 mph ENE
Thu46°70°3%0–6 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Owens Lake

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

Nearest parking
5.8 km WSW
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Parking	5.8 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 16.8 × 16.8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

94.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

4.3%

Steep, 30–45°

1.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.2% of the 282 km² view
Relief in view: 1,105 m low point 1,084 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 82.0%Water 8.4%Grassland 6.0%Shrubland 2.7%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Owens Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Rainbow Canyon500 m41 km ESE

Owens Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGOwens Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-04.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-04)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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

Owens Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking