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Lake · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Chambon lake

876 m2,874 ft
Max depth
4 m
Tonight
4°CFog · Wind 22 km/h W

Chambon lake is a lake at 876 m above sea level in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

All facts
Surface elevation
876 m
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3D map

Chambon lake 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Chambon lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Chambon lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Chambon lake weather

Tonight · Fog · 4°C (39°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 22 km/h W

Chambon lake forecast for about 876 m.

  • Tonight4°0.1 mm22 km/h W
  • Today5°7°11.7 mm36 km/h SW
  • Sun5°12°13.6 mm37 km/h SW
  • Mon5°14°–16 km/h SW
  • Tue11°18°2.1 mm13 km/h SW
  • Wed5°9°0.5 mm10 km/h NE
  • Thu5°15°–5 km/h SW
  • Fri6°14°0.2 mm4 km/h SW
  • Sat7°12°2.4 mm11 km/h SW
  • Sun2°8°0.1 mm14 km/h NW

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

Camping & parking near Chambon lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km N

    +2 more within 0.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Domaine du Lac Chambon

    0.6 km E · +2 more within 2.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Domaine du Lac Chambon

    0.8 km E · +2 more within 1.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Le Buron de la Croix Saint-Robert

    5.5 km WSW · +2 more within 6.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km N
Parking0.4 km NNE
Parking0.4 km NNW
Domaine du Lac ChambonCaravan site0.6 km E
Domaine du Lac ChambonCampsite0.8 km E
Camping Les Fougères - AuvergneCampsite0.9 km NE
Camping Le Domaine Du Marais - AuvergneCampsite1.2 km NE
Aire Chambon-sur-LacCaravan site1.4 km W
Aire MurolCaravan site2.0 km E
Le Buron de la Croix Saint-RobertHut5.5 km WSW
Hut5.6 km S
Buron du ColHut6.2 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 63% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
62.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.5%
Steep, 30–45°
4.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
4.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
342 m low point 800 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 60.9%Grassland 32.5%Water 3.2%Built-up 2.2%Cropland 1.1%

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 2 km; 293 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mallard11
  • Great Cormorant6
  • Red Kite6
  • Common Chaffinch6
  • Eurasian Blackbird6
  • European Robin6
Where it sits

Where Chambon lake sits

Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes44France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-09-23)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia