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Lake · California

Tenaya Lake

2,484 m8,150 ft
Area
0.73 km²
Tonight
22°FFair · Wind 5–20 mph NE

Tenaya Lake is a lake at 2,484 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.73 km² in area and 1.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,484 m
Length
1.7 km
Shoreline
4.4 km
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Lake

Tenaya Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.7 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.4 km≈1 h to walk around
3D map

Tenaya Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tenaya Lake terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tenaya Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tenaya Lake weather

Today · Clear · 22 / 43°F (-6 / 6°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NNE

Tenaya Lake forecast for about 2,611 m.

  • Today22°43°2%5 mph NNE
  • Sat24°53°–0–15 mph NE
  • Sun26°54°–0–5 mph SW
  • Mon24°52°3%0–10 mph SSW
  • Tue25°53°3%0–5 mph SW
  • Wed26°53°4%0–5 mph SSW
  • Thu24°49°13%0–5 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tenaya Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km NNW

    +2 more within 0.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Murphy Creek Trailhead

    0.6 km NW · +2 more within 2.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    May Lake High Sierra Camp

    3.3 km WNW · +2 more within 4.6 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km NNW
Parking0.4 km N
Parking0.4 km N
Murphy Creek TrailheadTrailhead0.6 km NW
Sunrise Lakes TrailheadTrailhead1.2 km WSW
May Lake TrailheadTrailhead2.1 km WSW
May Lake High Sierra CampCampsite3.3 km WNW
Campsite3.5 km N
Sunrise High Sierra CampCampsite4.6 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
50.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
33.1%
Steep, 30–45°
13.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.4%
Steeper than 30°
16.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
679 m low point 2,471 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 41.5%Bare rock / sparse 33.5%Grassland 19.6%Water 5.0%

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 2 km; 252 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Steller's Jay43
  • Lodgepole pine38
  • Mountain Pride37
  • Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily30
  • Purple Mountain-heath28
  • Mountain Spirea28
Where it sits

Where Tenaya Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Yosemite National Park10
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
See all 36 in the Sierra Nevada →
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 2026-09-07)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia