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San Luis Reservoir

147 m482 ft
Area
52 km²
Tonight
56°FClear · Wind 5 mph W

San Luis Reservoir is a lake at 147 m above sea level in California, United States, 52 km² in area and 15.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
147 m
Length
15.0 km
Shoreline
102.0 km
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Lake

San Luis Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
102.0 km
3D map

San Luis Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17 × 17 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

San Luis Reservoir 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

San Luis Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

San Luis Reservoir weather

Tonight · Clear · 56°F (13°C) · Wind 5 mph W

San Luis Reservoir forecast for about 97 m.

  • Tonight56°–5 mph W
  • Sat58°69°–0–5 mph E
  • Sun59°73°–0–5 mph E
  • Mon57°72°1%5 mph W
  • Tue57°69°1%0–5 mph WNW
  • Wed58°69°1%0–5 mph NW
  • Thu57°68°7%0–5 mph WNW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 02:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near San Luis Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km E

    +2 more within 2.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    San Luis Creek Campground

    4.7 km NNE · +1 more within 4.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Oasis West RV Park

    6.8 km ESE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km E
Parking1.1 km NE
Parking2.1 km NW
San Luis Creek CampgroundCampsite4.7 km NNE
Basalt CampgroundCampsite4.8 km SSE
Oasis West RV ParkCaravan site6.8 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 17 × 17 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 58% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
57.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
38.9%
Steep, 30–45°
3.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
3.3% of the 289 km² view
Relief in view
812 m low point 43 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 71.7%Water 18.1%Trees 6.9%Bare rock / sparse 1.8%Cropland 0.6%Built-up 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.5 km; 562 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Wapiti187
  • Red-tailed Hawk63
  • California Ground Squirrel48
  • Padre's Shooting Star46
  • Great Valley gumweed44
  • California Golden Violet41
Where it sits

Where San Luis Reservoir sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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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 2026-08-06)
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)
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia