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Black Mountain · 930 m · 6.0 km NE
Lake · California

Skinner Reservoir

449 m1,473 ft
Area
4.08 km²
Tonight
51°FRain showers · Wind 0–5 mph E

Skinner Reservoir is a lake at 449 m above sea level in California, United States, 4.08 km² in area and 4.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
449 m
Length
4.3 km
Shoreline
21.5 km
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Lake

Skinner Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

4.3 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
21.5 km≈5½ h to walk around
3D map

Skinner Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.3 × 6.3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Skinner Reservoir 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Skinner 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

Skinner Reservoir weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 51°F (11°C) · 22% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph E

Skinner Reservoir forecast for about 485 m.

  • Tonight51°22%0–5 mph E
  • Sat53°75°1%0–10 mph W
  • Sun56°80°–0–5 mph NW
  • Mon54°81°–0–5 mph NW
  • Tue54°79°–0–5 mph SW
  • Wed54°78°2%5 mph S
  • Thu54°74°14%0–5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:37 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Skinner Reservoir

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.3 km E

    +2 more within 1.3 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Campground A

    1.9 km E · +2 more within 2.0 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking1.3 km E
Parking1.3 km E
Parking1.3 km E
Campground ACampsite1.9 km E
Group CampgroundCampsite1.9 km ENE
Campground BCampsite2.0 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 6.3 × 6.3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
83.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
15.2%
Steep, 30–45°
1.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
1.2% of the 40 km² view
Relief in view
366 m low point 413 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 43.4%Shrubland 32.1%Water 10.2%Built-up 4.3%Trees 3.9%Bare rock / sparse 3.5%Cropland 2.6%

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 3.1 km; 454 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Grebe34
  • American Coot33
  • California Buckwheat28
  • Double-crested Cormorant26
  • Western Fence Lizard23
  • California Ground Squirrel21
Where it sits

Where Skinner Reservoir sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Skinner 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 2026-09-04)
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