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Tioga Lake

2,943 m9,656 ft
Area
0.29 km²
Tonight
21°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–20 mph ENE

Tioga Lake is a lake at 2,943 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.29 km² in area and 1.1 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,943 m
Length
1.1 km
Shoreline
2.9 km
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Lake

Tioga Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.1 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.9 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Tioga Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tioga Lake 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

Tioga Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tioga Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 21°F (-6°C) · 9% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–20 mph ENE

Tioga Lake forecast for about 3,185 m.

  • Tonight21°9%10–20 mph ENE
  • Sat26°44°–5–20 mph ENE
  • Sun28°49°–5 mph SW
  • Mon26°46°3%10–25 mph SW
  • Tue28°47°3%0–10 mph SW
  • Wed28°47°5%0–5 mph SW
  • Thu27°44°15%0–5 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tioga Lake

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

  • Nearest trailhead

    Glacier Canyon Trailhead

    0.4 km SSW · +2 more within 1.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km SW

    +2 more within 0.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Tioga Lake Campground

    0.5 km NW · +2 more within 1.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Glacier Canyon TrailheadTrailhead0.4 km SSW
Parking0.4 km SW
Tioga Lake CampgroundCampsite0.5 km NW
Parking0.6 km NNW
Nunatak Tioga Tarns TrailheadTrailhead0.8 km N
Parking0.8 km N
Junction CampgroundCampsite1.5 km N
Gaylor Lakes TrailheadTrailhead1.6 km SSW
Ellery CampgroundCampsite1.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
43.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
38.5%
Steep, 30–45°
15.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
2.2%
Steeper than 30°
17.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
861 m low point 2,804 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 36.9%Grassland 31.9%Bare rock / sparse 23.1%Water 5.1%Moss & lichen 2.7%

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; 482 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American Pika313
  • Shasta Blue211
  • Belding's Ground Squirrel167
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot151
  • Pacific chorus frog145
  • Purple Mountain-heath123
Where it sits

Where Tioga Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Inyo National Forest5
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Nearby places

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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)
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