Spooner Lake
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- Tonight
- 28°FFair · Wind 5–15 mph E
Spooner Lake is a lake at 2,126 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 0.31 km² in area and 0.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,126 m
- Length
- 0.9 km
- Shoreline
- 2.8 km
Spooner Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.8 km≈45 min to walk around
Spooner Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Spooner 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.
Spooner Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Spooner Lake weather
Today · Clear · 28 / 49°F (-2 / 9°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NE
Spooner Lake forecast for about 2,154 m.
- Today28°49°5%5 mph NE
- Sat32°52°4%0–10 mph E
- Sun35°61°–0–5 mph SW
- Mon32°58°3%10 mph SW
- Tue32°57°2%0–5 mph SW
- Wed34°58°3%0–5 mph SW
- Thu34°56°14%0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Spooner Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Spooner Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km W
Nearest trailhead
Spooner Summit Trailhead
Nearest hut
Spencer's Cabin
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km W |
| Parking | 1.0 km ESE |
| Spooner Summit TrailheadTrailhead | 1.0 km ESE |
| Spencer's CabinHut | 1.1 km NNW |
| Parking | 3.3 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.9% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 523 m low point 1,962 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 2 km; 429 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Brown's Peony82
- Snowplant76
- Quaking aspen51
- Woolly mule's ears45
- Snowbrush Ceanothus45
- Antelope Bitterbrush45
Where Spooner Lake sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Lake Tahoe1,900 m↑11 km WSW
Washoe Lake1,537 m↑20 km NNE
Cascade Lake↑24 km SW
Fallen Leaf Lake↑25 km SSW
Echo Lake↑33 km SSW
More 1
Spooner 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)