San Andreas Lake
- Area
- 1.93 km²
- Tonight
- 51°FClear · Wind 2–13 mph NW
San Andreas Lake is a lake at 134 m above sea level in California, United States, 1.93 km² in area and 4.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 134 m
- Length
- 4.5 km
- Shoreline
- 13.0 km
San Andreas Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 13.0 km≈3¼ h to walk around
San Andreas Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.5 × 6.5 km
San Andreas Lake terrain and contours
20 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.
San Andreas Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
San Andreas Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 51°F (11°C) · Wind 2–13 mph NW
San Andreas Lake forecast for about 169 m.
- Tonight51°–2–13 mph NW
- Sat51°71°–2–7 mph NE
- Sun53°71°2%1–6 mph NE
- Mon51°66°3%2–14 mph WNW
- Tue50°63°3%3–9 mph NW
- Wed52°65°1%2–8 mph NNW
- Thu52°63°24%3–9 mph WNW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.
Camping & parking near San Andreas Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around San Andreas Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km N
Slope
Share of the 6.5 × 6.5 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 10.1% of the 42 km² view
- Relief in view
- 436 m low point -3 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 3.3 km; 1,354 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Dark-eyed Junco158
- Western Fence Lizard152
- Pacific poison oak114
- California Scrub-Jay107
- Common Pill Woodlouse99
- California buckeye93
Where San Andreas Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Crystal Springs ReservoirLake↑9.3 km SE
Lake Merced7 m↑15 km NNW
Lake Merritt↑27 km NNE
San Francisco Bay Salt PondsLake↑30 km ESE
Lake Anza↑37 km NNE
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San Andreas Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-12)
- 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)