Lake · Alberta

Big Lake

650 m2,133 ft

Area: 9.54 km²
Tonight: -2°CFair · Wind 30 km/h NW

Big Lake is a lake at 650 m above sea level in Alberta, Canada, 9.54 km² in area and 7.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 650 m
Length: 7.7 km
Shoreline: 28.6 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Big Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 28.6 km≈7¼ h to walk around

3D map

Big Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.7 × 9.7 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Big 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.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Big Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Big Lake weather

Today · Cloudy · -2 / 3°C (28 / 37°F) · Wind 30 km/h NW

Big Lake forecast for about 650 m.

Today-2°3°–30 km/h NW
Sat-4°3°–26 km/h NW
Sun-4°1°–15 km/h SE
Mon-1°2°–14 km/h SE
Tue0°2°0.4 mm10 km/h NW
Wed-3°0°2.0 mm13 km/h N
Thu-2°-2°2.4 mm10 km/h E
Fri-4°-1°0.1 mm9 km/h S
Sat-3°-1°–12 km/h W
Sun-2°4°–9 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 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Big Lake

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

Nearest parking
cart parking
2.5 km N · +2 more within 3.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest caravan site
St. Albert Kinsmen RV Park
5.0 km ENE · +1 more within 7.6 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
cart parkingParking	2.5 km N
Parking	2.6 km N
Parking	3.8 km ESE
St. Albert Kinsmen RV ParkCaravan site	5.0 km ENE
Glowing Embers RV ParkCaravan site	7.6 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 9.7 × 9.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.1%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 94 km² view
Relief in view: 66 m low point 650 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 34.9%Cropland 26.8%Trees 15.2%Built-up 10.1%Water 9.8%Bare rock / sparse 3.2%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 646 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mallard579
Red-winged Blackbird422
American Coot254
Common Goldeneye233
Canada Goose213
Barn Swallow210

Where it sits

Where Big Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Coal Lake700 m65 km SSE

Downloads

Big Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBig Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Big Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site