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Tulainyo Lake

3,907 m12,818 ft
Area
0.34 km²
Tonight
17°FPartly cloudy · Wind 7–21 mph NNE

Tulainyo Lake is a lake at 3,907 m above sea level in California, United States, 0.34 km² in area and 0.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
3,907 m
Length
0.8 km
Shoreline
2.2 km
Open the 3D view
Lake

Tulainyo Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.8 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.2 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Tulainyo 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

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tulainyo 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

Tulainyo Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Tulainyo Lake weather

Today · Cloudy · 17 / 22°F (-8 / -6°C) · 22% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph NNE

Tulainyo Lake forecast for about 3,996 m.

  • Today17°22°22%7 mph NNE
  • Sat22°28°–2–23 mph N
  • Sun25°33°–2–8 mph SSW
  • Mon24°34°–3–8 mph SW
  • Tue25°34°–2–16 mph WSW
  • Wed25°33°1%2–7 mph SW
  • Thu23°30°7%3–7 mph SW

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Tulainyo Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Outpost Camp

    3.5 km SSE · +2 more within 3.8 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Whitney Portal National Recreation Trail Upper Trailhead

    3.7 km ESE · +2 more within 4.7 km

  • Nearest parking

    3.7 km ESE

    +2 more within 3.7 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Outpost CampCampsite3.5 km SSE
Whitney Portal National Recreation Trail Upper TrailheadTrailhead3.7 km ESE
Parking3.7 km ESE
Parking3.7 km ESE
Parking3.7 km ESE
Trail CampCampsite3.8 km S
Mount Whitney Trailhead CampgroundCampsite3.8 km ESE
Whitney Portal TrailheadTrailhead3.8 km ESE
Meysan Lake TrailheadTrailhead4.7 km ESE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
15.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
30.1%
Steep, 30–45°
34.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
19.7%
Steeper than 30°
54.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,362 m low point 2,945 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 92.1%Water 3.5%Grassland 2.3%Trees 1.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Tulainyo Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Tulainyo Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-08-03)
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)
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia