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Lake · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lac de Chalain

487 m1,598 ft
Area
2.26 km²
Max depth
30 m
Tonight
4°CRain showers · Wind 18 km/h S

Lac de Chalain is a lake at 487 m above sea level in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, 2.26 km² in area and 2.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
487 m
Length
2.9 km
Shoreline
8.0 km
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Lake

Lac de Chalain in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.9 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
8.0 km≈2 h to walk around
3D map

Lac de Chalain 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.9 × 4.9 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lac de Chalain 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac de Chalain elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac de Chalain weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 4°C (39°F) · 6.0 mm · Wind 18 km/h S

Lac de Chalain forecast for about 487 m.

  • Tonight4°6.0 mm18 km/h S
  • Today5°7°9.7 mm33 km/h S
  • Sun4°11°10.9 mm33 km/h S
  • Mon3°12°–9 km/h SW
  • Tue5°19°2.6 mm10 km/h S
  • Wed6°13°–14 km/h N
  • Thu3°13°–6 km/h NW
  • Fri2°14°–5 km/h E
  • Sat7°12°6.4 mm7 km/h S
  • Sun1°9°4.0 mm13 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lac de Chalain

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.7 km SSW

    +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Aire de Marigny, Lac de Chalain

    1.2 km NW · +1 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping des Mérilles

    2.5 km SSW · +2 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Cabane perchée des gorges de la Sirène

    6.4 km SSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.7 km SSW
Parking0.9 km SSW
Parking plage de DoucierParking1.1 km WSW
Aire de Marigny, Lac de ChalainCaravan site1.2 km NW
Camping des MérillesCampsite2.5 km SSW
Camping du GîtCampsite4.6 km N
Scierie des LacsCaravan site5.7 km SSE
Domaine de l'ÉpinetteCampsite5.7 km WSW
Cabane perchée des gorges de la SirèneHut6.4 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.9 × 4.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
87.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
9.3%
Steep, 30–45°
3.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
3.2% of the 24 km² view
Relief in view
205 m low point 456 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.7%Grassland 35.8%Water 9.6%Cropland 3.7%Built-up 2.1%

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 2.4 km; 252 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black-tailed Skimmer10
  • Silver-washed Fritillary9
  • European Common Frog8
  • Great Crested Grebe7
  • Mallard7
  • Marbled White7
Where it sits

Where Lac de Chalain sits

Range
Jura Mountains26
Region
France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Jura Mountains 6
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Downloads

Lac de Chalain 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 2026-09-23)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia