Pyramid Lake
- Area
- 473 km²
- Max depth
- 109 m
- Tonight
- 36°FFair · Wind 0–10 mph NW
Pyramid Lake is a lake at 1,157 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 473 km² in area and 42.7 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,157 m
- Length
- 42.7 km
- Shoreline
- 124.7 km
Pyramid Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 124.7 km
Pyramid Lake 3D map
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Pyramid 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.
Pyramid Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Pyramid Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 36°F (2°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–10 mph NW
Pyramid Lake forecast for about 1,195 m.
- Tonight36°1%0–10 mph NW
- Sat37°54°1%0–5 mph S
- Sun40°59°–0–5 mph SE
- Mon37°60°4%0–10 mph SW
- Tue37°56°4%0–5 mph W
- Wed40°57°3%0 mph
- Thu40°57°7%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Pyramid Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pyramid Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
6.5 km SW
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 6.5 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.0% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,487 m low point 1,157 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; 195 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Zebra-tailed Lizard31
- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout21
- American White Pelican19
- Alkali heliotrope15
- Desert Spiny Lizard14
- Big Sagebrush10
Where Pyramid Lake sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Pyramid Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
- 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)
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia