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Walker Pass

1,601 m5,253 ft
Tonight
45°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph NNW

Walker Pass is a mountain pass at 1,601 m in California, United States.

All facts
Saddle
1,601 m
Lowest point
1,456 m / 1,413 m
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Pass

Walker Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,601 meast side 1,456 m+145 m · 3.0 kmnorthwest side 1,413 m+188 m · 2.9 km

Crossed by: CA 178 Isabella Walker Pass Road, 2000 Pacific Crest Trail

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Walker Pass 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Walker Pass 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

Walker Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Walker Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · 45°F (7°C) · 16% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph NNW

Walker Pass forecast for about 1,642 m.

  • Tonight45°16%5–10 mph NNW
  • Sat46°64°1%0–15 mph NNE
  • Sun47°66°–5–10 mph S
  • Mon46°67°–0–10 mph WSW
  • Tue47°67°–5–10 mph WSW
  • Wed48°66°–0–5 mph S
  • Thu47°64°3%0–5 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Walker Pass

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Walker Pass Campground

    1.0 km W · +1 more within 1.7 km

All mapped places 2
PlaceDistance
Walker Pass CampgroundCampsite1.0 km W
Campsite1.7 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°
37.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
47.6%
Steep, 30–45°
14.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
14.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
891 m low point 1,327 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 49.9%Shrubland 27.5%Trees 21.5%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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

Where it sits

Where Walker Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Walker Pass 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 2026-08-05)
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)
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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia