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Sam Rayburn Reservoir

49 m161 ft
Area
369 km²
Tonight
56°FClear · Wind 0 mph

Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a lake at 49 m above sea level in Texas, United States, 369 km² in area and 63.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
49 m
Length
63.2 km
Shoreline
687.9 km
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Lake

Sam Rayburn Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
687.9 km
3D map

Sam Rayburn Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Sam Rayburn Reservoir terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sam Rayburn Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Sam Rayburn Reservoir weather

Tonight · Clear · 56°F (13°C) · Wind 0 mph

Sam Rayburn Reservoir forecast for about 47 m.

  • Tonight56°–0 mph
  • Sat54°86°–0–5 mph SE
  • Sun56°81°–0–5 mph E
  • Mon56°82°–0–5 mph E
  • Tue57°82°2%0–5 mph E
  • Wed57°83°2%0–5 mph SE
  • Thu56°84°4%0–5 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:45 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Sam Rayburn Reservoir

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

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Parking6.7 km E
Parking6.7 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.8%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
125 m low point 25 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 63.3%Water 29.5%Grassland 6.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Sam Rayburn Reservoir sits

Region
Texas38United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Sam Rayburn Reservoir 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 2026-07-21)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia