Webcam:
To see live images of
Pyramid Lake
CLICK HERE
Road Conditions:
To access NDOT road conditions,
CLICK HERE
Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway
Information about the
Tahheo-Pyramid Bikeway
can be found at,
www.tpbikeway.org
and maps can be
download at,
www.tpbikeway.org/gallery
Additional maps
can be found at:
Environmental Department, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
CLICK HERE
or
The Water Quality
Monitoring Program Site
CLICK HERE
Pyramid Lake Facts:
Size:
27 miles long, 4 to 11 miles wide
Surface Elevation:
3,817 feet above mean sea level (last updated in 2000)
Surface Area:
117,400 acres or 183 sq miles
Maximum Depth:
356 feet
Volume:
23.66 million acre-feet
Perimeter: 69 miles
Average Temperature:
Air / Water
Summer: 86 degrees / 75 degrees
Winter: 45 degrees / 43 degrees
Annual Precipitation:
7 inches
Fish Species:
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Sacramento Perch, Tui-Chub, Tahoe Sucker; Cui-ui Fish spawning occurs in April through June in Sutcliffe; Cui-ui spawning occurs April through June in the Truckee River via the fish ladder at the Marble Bluff Dam
Pyramid Lake Weather and Map
Directions from the West via Pyramid Lake Highway (Reno):
Take I-80 east bound, get off on exit 18 (Pyramid Lake/SR 445) head north 35 miles and arrive a Pyramid Lake.Directions from the West via Pyramid Lake Highway (Reno):
Take I-80 east bound, get off on Exit 43 (Wadsworth/Pyramid Lake), turn left head northeast on SR 427, 1.5 miles turn left at junction of SR 447, follow SR 447 for 16 miles and arrive at Pyramid Lake.Directions from the East (Salt Lake City):
Take I-80 west bound, get off on exit 46 (West Fernley/Wadsworth) turn right head north west on SR 427, 2 miles keep right at junction of SR 447, follow SR 447 for 16 miles and arrive at Pyramid Lake.
CLICK HERE for the National Weather Service’s recreation forecast for Pyramid Lake.
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