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Lac Blanc

1,045 m3,428 ft
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
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Lake

Lac Blanc in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.9 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Lac Blanc 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac Blanc elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

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

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

    +2 more within 0.5 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Aire de camping-cars des Terrasses du Lac Blanc

    1.0 km N · +2 more within 7.7 km

  • Nearest hut

    Refuge Amis de la Nature du Lac Noir

    2.0 km SSE · +2 more within 4.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Chez Nathalie et André, Les Bouleaux

    2.6 km ESE · +2 more within 4.8 km

All mapped places 12
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km ESE
Parking0.4 km ESE
Parking0.5 km ESE
Aire de camping-cars des Terrasses du Lac BlancCaravan site1.0 km N
Refuge Amis de la Nature du Lac NoirHut2.0 km SSE
Chez Nathalie et André, Les BouleauxCampsite2.6 km ESE
Camping du ChevremontCampsite3.1 km ESE
Hut3.5 km WSW
SchildmattCampsite4.8 km SSW
Refuge de l'Étang du DevinHut4.8 km NE
Val d'ArgentCaravan site7.6 km NNE
Aire La Croix des Zelles - PlainfaingCaravan site7.7 km NW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
61.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
30.6%
Steep, 30–45°
6.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
7.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
583 m low point 723 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 77.7%Grassland 19.2%Water 2.4%Built-up 0.7%

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; 309 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Great Yellow Gentian30
  • Purple foxglove23
  • Common heather22
  • European mountain ash16
  • Purple lettuce16
  • Common bilberry15
Where it sits

Where Lac Blanc sits

Range
Vosges Mountains7
Region
Grand Est5France176Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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Downloads

Lac Blanc downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-08-13)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia