Walker Lake
- Area
- 118 km²
- Tonight
- 41°FFair · Wind 5–15 mph N
Walker Lake is a lake at 1,194 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 118 km² in area and 18.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,194 m
- Length
- 18.5 km
- Shoreline
- 48.6 km
Walker Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 48.6 km
Walker Lake 3D map
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Walker 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.
Walker Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Walker Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 41°F (5°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph N
Walker Lake forecast for about 1,218 m.
- Tonight41°1%5–15 mph N
- Sat42°56°–5 mph N
- Sun47°65°–0–5 mph SE
- Mon45°66°3%5–10 mph SE
- Tue44°63°3%5 mph NW
- Wed47°64°–0–5 mph NE
- Thu46°63°5%0–5 mph N
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Walker Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Walker Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Walker Lake Recreation Area
Nearest parking
6.8 km SSW
All mapped places 2
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Walker Lake Recreation AreaCampsite | 4.5 km W |
| Parking | 6.8 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.9% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,158 m low point 1,194 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; 94 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Bighorn Sheep28
- Common Side-blotched Lizard19
- Zebra-tailed Lizard15
- Saltlover14
- Western Spotted Orbweaver13
- Nevada Jointfir9
Where Walker Lake sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Mason Valley1,324 m↑60 km NW
Devil's Gate Pass2,275 m↑71 km WSW
Topaz Lake1,527 m↑75 km W
Mono Lake1,944 m↑81 km SSW
Sonora Pass2,933 m↑93 km WSW
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Walker 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 2026-09-07)
- 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)
- 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)