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Lac d'Esparron

380 m1,247 ft
Max depth
55 m
Tonight
8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 31 km/h NW

Lac d'Esparron is a lake at 380 m above sea level in France.

All facts
Surface elevation
380 m
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Lac d'Esparron 3D map

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Lac d'Esparron terrain and contours

10 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.

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Lac d'Esparron elevation profile

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Weather

Lac d'Esparron weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 31 km/h NW

Lac d'Esparron forecast for about 380 m.

  • Tonight8°–31 km/h NW
  • Today8°15°–30 km/h NW
  • Sun8°17°0.2 mm26 km/h NW
  • Mon7°20°–13 km/h N
  • Tue9°19°–7 km/h S
  • Wed10°20°–5 km/h SE
  • Thu10°20°–8 km/h SE
  • Fri10°18°–6 km/h W
  • Sat9°15°–4 km/h NW
  • Sun7°17°–11 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lac d'Esparron

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km ENE

    +2 more within 0.4 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Caming Vivre Plain

    0.5 km ENE · +2 more within 1.4 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Esparron-de-Verdon - Corniche des Aires parking

    1.2 km NNE · +2 more within 6.7 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km ENE
Parking0.4 km S
Parking0.4 km NNE
Caming Vivre PlainCampsite0.5 km ENE
Esparron-de-Verdon - Corniche des Aires parkingCaravan site1.2 km NNE
La GrangeonneCampsite1.3 km ENE
Camping a la ferme Le PigeonnierCampsite1.4 km NE
Les Portes du Vordon de Saint-Julien-Le -MontagnierCaravan site6.0 km SW
Aire Camping-car municipale Gréoux-les-BainsCaravan site6.7 km WNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
60.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.8%
Steep, 30–45°
3.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.4%
Steeper than 30°
3.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
240 m low point 358 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.3%Water 15.7%Shrubland 6.1%Grassland 4.0%Built-up 1.3%Cropland 0.6%

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; 869 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Sombre Bee-orchid25
  • Yellow-legged Thick-legged Flower Beetle17
  • Wild Tulip15
  • Pyramidal orchid15
  • Provence ophrys15
  • Napoleon Spider14
Where it sits

Where Lac d'Esparron sits

Range
Alps751
Region
France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Lac d'Esparron 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 2026-09-22)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia