Balsam Lake
- Area
- 47 km²
- Tonight
- 3°CClear · Wind 8 km/h SE
Balsam Lake is a lake at 255 m above sea level in Ontario, Canada, 47 km² in area and 15.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 255 m
- Length
- 15.9 km
- Shoreline
- 90.4 km
Balsam Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 90.4 km
Balsam Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17.9 × 17.9 km
Balsam Lake terrain and contours
5 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.
Balsam Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Balsam Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 8 km/h SE
Balsam Lake forecast for about 255 m.
- Tonight3°–8 km/h SE
- Sat3°13°–10 km/h SE
- Sun5°16°0.1 mm14 km/h S
- Mon3°14°0.4 mm15 km/h NW
- Tue1°6°–6 km/h E
- Wed1°7°1.8 mm14 km/h SE
- Thu8°13°5.5 mm24 km/h W
- Fri7°12°2.0 mm15 km/h W
- Sat8°16°0.2 mm12 km/h S
- Sun8°17°0.4 mm22 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Balsam Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Balsam Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Balsam Lake Park - Ash Campground
Nearest parking
4.0 km NNW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.7 km SE |
| Balsam Lake Park - Ash CampgroundCampsite | 4.0 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.0 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.0 km NNW |
| Balsam Lake Park - Oak CampgroundCampsite | 4.2 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.3 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 17.9 × 17.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 320 km² view
- Relief in view
- 67 m low point 247 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 9.0 km; 2,370 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Hickory Tussock Moth125
- Monarch116
- American Toad107
- Io Moth102
- Western poison ivy99
- Painted Turtle93
Where Balsam Lake sits
- Region
- Ontario59Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-19)
- 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
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)