Washoe Lake
- Area
- 22 km²
- Tonight
- 28°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–10 mph N
Washoe Lake is a lake at 1,534 m above sea level in Nevada, United States, 22 km² in area and 10.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,534 m
- Length
- 10.0 km
- Shoreline
- 27.2 km
Washoe Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 27.2 km≈6¾ h to walk around
Washoe Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12 × 12 km
Washoe 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.
Washoe Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Washoe Lake weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 28°F (-2°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–10 mph N
Washoe Lake forecast for about 1,533 m.
- Tonight28°5%0–10 mph N
- Sat29°58°5%0–5 mph S
- Sun34°67°–0–5 mph SW
- Mon31°65°2%5–25 mph SW
- Tue31°63°1%0–5 mph SW
- Wed33°63°3%0–5 mph SW
- Thu33°62°12%0–5 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Washoe Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Washoe Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.2 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Washoe Lake State Park Campground
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.3 km NE |
| Parking | 1.5 km NE |
| Washoe Lake State Park CampgroundCampsite | 4.1 km SE |
| Campsite | 4.9 km NW |
| Davis Creek CampgroundCampsite | 5.4 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 69% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.4% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 978 m low point 1,472 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 6.0 km; 682 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Black-billed Magpie81
- Domestic Horse74
- Tansyleaf evening primrose65
- Western Fence Lizard64
- Antelope Bitterbrush49
- Alkali heliotrope43
Where Washoe Lake sits
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Washoe 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 2026-09-30)
- 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)