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Lac Blanc
- Area
- 0.26 km²
- Max depth
- 72 m
- Tonight
- 1°CSleet · Wind 28 km/h W
Lac Blanc is a lake at 1,045 m above sea level in Grand Est, France, 0.26 km² in area and 0.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,045 m
- Length
- 0.9 km
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km
Lac Blanc in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
Lac Blanc 3D map
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Lac Blanc 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.
Lac Blanc elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lac Blanc weather
Tonight · Sleet · 1°C (34°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 28 km/h W
Lac Blanc forecast for about 1,045 m.
- Tonight1°0.9 mm28 km/h W
- Today1°4°9.4 mm36 km/h SW
- Sun3°7°17.8 mm38 km/h SW
- Mon2°8°–13 km/h W
- Tue5°16°1.0 mm13 km/h SW
- Wed2°9°0.1 mm8 km/h N
- Thu2°9°–7 km/h E
- Fri2°11°–4 km/h E
- Sat1°8°4.1 mm5 km/h SW
- Sun1°6°5.4 mm16 km/h W
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 near Lac Blanc
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac Blanc, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km ESE
Nearest caravan site
Aire de camping-cars des Terrasses du Lac Blanc
Nearest hut
Refuge Amis de la Nature du Lac Noir
Nearest campsite
Chez Nathalie et André, Les Bouleaux
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 0.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 0.5 km ESE |
| Aire de camping-cars des Terrasses du Lac BlancCaravan site | 1.0 km N |
| Refuge Amis de la Nature du Lac NoirHut | 2.0 km SSE |
| Chez Nathalie et André, Les BouleauxCampsite | 2.6 km ESE |
| Camping du ChevremontCampsite | 3.1 km ESE |
| Hut | 3.5 km WSW |
| SchildmattCampsite | 4.8 km SSW |
| Refuge de l'Étang du DevinHut | 4.8 km NE |
| Val d'ArgentCaravan site | 7.6 km NNE |
| Aire La Croix des Zelles - PlainfaingCaravan site | 7.7 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 7.6% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 583 m low point 723 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 2 km; 309 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Great Yellow Gentian30
- Purple foxglove23
- Common heather22
- European mountain ash16
- Purple lettuce16
- Common bilberry15
Where Lac Blanc sits
- Range
- Vosges Mountains7
Nearby places
Col de la SchluchtPass · 1,139 m↑8.6 km SW
HohneckPeak · 1,363 m↑11 km SSW
Gérardmer Lake660 m↑19 km WSW
Grand BallonPeak · 1,424 m↑25 km S
HartmannswillerkopfPeak · 957 m↑30 km S
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- Land cover
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- Summits
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- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)