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Topaz Lake
- Area
- 6.82 km²
- Tonight
- 29°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–10 mph N
Topaz Lake is a lake at 1,522 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 6.82 km² in area and 4.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,522 m
- Length
- 4.1 km
- Shoreline
- 14.0 km
Topaz Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 14.0 km≈3½ h to walk around
Topaz Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.1 × 6.1 km
Topaz 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.
Topaz Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Topaz Lake weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 29°F (-2°C) · 3% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–10 mph N
Topaz Lake forecast for about 1,517 m.
- Tonight29°3%0–10 mph N
- Sat31°61°1%0–5 mph NE
- Sun36°70°–0–5 mph N
- Mon33°69°1%5–15 mph SW
- Tue33°67°1%0–5 mph SW
- Wed34°67°1%0–5 mph N
- Thu34°65°10%0–5 mph W
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Topaz Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Topaz Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
Topaz Lake RV Park
Nearest parking
2.4 km NW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Topaz Lake RV ParkCaravan site | 1.5 km WNW |
| Topaz Lake ParkCaravan site | 2.3 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.4 km NW |
| Parking | 2.4 km NW |
| Parking | 2.5 km NW |
| Topaz Lodge RV ParkCaravan site | 2.7 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 6.1 × 6.1 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.7% of the 37 km² view
- Relief in view
- 728 m low point 1,514 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 3.1 km; 155 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Desert Peach19
- American White Pelican14
- Western Fence Lizard10
- Pinyon Jay8
- Narrowleaf milkweed8
- Sulfur buckwheat6
Where Topaz Lake sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest3
Nearby places
Ebbetts Pass2,663 m↑29 km WSW
Hope Valley↑36 km WNW
Carson Pass2,637 m↑39 km W
Devil's Gate Pass2,275 m↑40 km SSE
Sonora Pass2,933 m↑40 km SSW
More 1
Topaz 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 2026-08-30)
- 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
- 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)