Lac de l'Ailette
- Area
- 1.24 km²
- Tonight
- 7°CClear · Wind 23 km/h SW
Lac de l'Ailette is a lake at 78 m above sea level in France, 1.24 km² in area and 2.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 78 m
- Length
- 2.5 km
- Shoreline
- 11.6 km
Lac de l'Ailette in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 11.6 km≈3 h to walk around
Lac de l'Ailette 3D map
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Lac de l'Ailette terrain and contours
5 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 de l'Ailette elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lac de l'Ailette weather
Tonight · Clear · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 23 km/h SW
Lac de l'Ailette forecast for about 78 m.
- Tonight7°–23 km/h SW
- Today7°11°30.1 mm36 km/h SW
- Sun8°14°0.5 mm34 km/h W
- Mon8°12°0.6 mm21 km/h S
- Tue9°19°0.8 mm17 km/h W
- Wed7°15°–10 km/h W
- Thu5°13°–9 km/h E
- Fri5°13°–10 km/h E
- Sat4°9°3.9 mm9 km/h E
- Sun5°11°0.2 mm20 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 near Lac de l'Ailette
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac de l'Ailette, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km NW
Nearest caravan site
Parking de l'Ailette
Nearest campsite
Aire Naturelle Bruyères et Montbérault
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km NW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SSW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SSW |
| Parking de l'AiletteCaravan site | 1.8 km E |
| Aire Naturelle Bruyères et MontbéraultCampsite | 6.7 km N |
| Aire de camping-cars Bruyères-et-MontbéraultCaravan site | 6.8 km N |
| Camping La PointeCampsite | 7.4 km S |
Slope
Share of the 4.5 × 4.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 20 km² view
- Relief in view
- 135 m low point 72 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 2.3 km; 110 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Red Swamp Crayfish12
- Common Coot10
- Common Merganser9
- Gadwall8
- Great Crested Grebe7
- Mute Swan6
Where Lac de l'Ailette sits
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-28)
- 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)