Donner Lake

About Donner Lake

The center of the lake is at 39.3228, -120.2644. The surface sits around 5,935 feet above sea level. The Donner Creek to Truckee River carries the outflow. The deepest point on record is about 328 feet.

The nearest mapped swimming spot is Prosser Reservoir - Water Recreation on Prosser Creek Reservoir, roughly 7 miles away. A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet. No named swimming beach is mapped at Donner Lake in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first.

Nearby water includes Martis Creek Lake (California, 8 mi), Independence Lake (California, 9 mi) and Prosser Creek Reservoir (California, 9 mi). California has 86 lakes on this site in total.

There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency. Swimming season in California runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates.

Station 10338400, DONNER LK NR TRUCKEE CA, publishes the water surface elevation used here. The last value stored here, 5,933.44 ft, is from 2026-09-09. A low pool exposes stumps and mud in the shallow arms of the lake.