Trinity Lake
- Area
- 59 km²
- Tonight
- 40°FClear · Wind 5–8 mph ENE
Trinity Lake is a lake at 714 m above sea level in California, United States, 59 km² in area and 28.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 714 m
- Length
- 28.2 km
- Shoreline
- 234.6 km
Trinity Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 234.6 km
Trinity Lake 3D map
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Trinity Lake terrain and contours
100 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.
Trinity Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Trinity Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 40°F (4°C) · Wind 5–8 mph ENE
Trinity Lake forecast for about 722 m.
- Tonight40°–5–8 mph ENE
- Sat42°72°–0–7 mph NE
- Sun42°69°6%0–3 mph ESE
- Mon39°61°24%0–6 mph WSW
- Tue40°64°5%1 mph N
- Wed42°66°3%0–3 mph N
- Thu42°64°15%2 mph NE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:10 UTC.
Camping & parking near Trinity Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Trinity Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Fairview Public Boat Ramp
Nearest campsite
Mariners Roost Boat-In Campground
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Fairview Public Boat RampParking | 0.6 km SW |
| Fairview Public Boat RampParking | 0.6 km SSW |
| Mariners Roost Boat-In CampgroundCampsite | 1.0 km NNW |
| Miners Roost Boat-in CampgroundCampsite | 2.0 km NNW |
| Ridgeville Island Boat-In CampgroundCampsite | 3.2 km NW |
| Minersville Public Boat RampParking | 5.0 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 21.6% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,935 m low point 528 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 10 km; 635 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- California pitcher plant50
- Klamath mountain catchfly35
- Western Rattlesnake Plantain25
- Leafless wintergreen24
- Pine Violet23
- Fairy-slipper21
Where Trinity Lake sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Trinity 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 2026-08-19)
- 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)