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Lac des Brenets
- Area
- 0.60 km²
- Max depth
- 38 m
- Tonight
- 3°CRain · Wind 27 km/h SW
Lac des Brenets is a lake at 750 m above sea level in Canton of Neuchâtel, France, 0.60 km² in area and 2.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 750 m
- Length
- 2.9 km
- Shoreline
- 9.3 km
Lac des Brenets in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 9.3 km≈2¼ h to walk around
Lac des Brenets 3D map
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Lac des Brenets 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 des Brenets elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lac des Brenets weather
Tonight · Rain · 3°C (37°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 27 km/h SW
Lac des Brenets forecast for about 750 m.
- Tonight3°1.1 mm27 km/h SW
- Today3°5°8.1 mm36 km/h SW
- Sun4°11°9.1 mm40 km/h SW
- Mon3°11°–12 km/h S
- Tue6°19°0.8 mm12 km/h SW
- Wed4°10°0.1 mm10 km/h N
- Thu5°13°–11 km/h SE
- Fri2°13°–4 km/h S
- Sat3°12°6.0 mm8 km/h SW
- Sun0°7°3.8 mm23 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 des Brenets
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac des Brenets, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km S
Nearest campsite
Lac des Brenets
Nearest caravan site
Aire des Vedettes panoramiques du Doubs
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km S |
| Parking | 0.3 km SSW |
| Parking | 0.4 km SSE |
| Lac des BrenetsCampsite | 0.4 km S |
| Aire des Vedettes panoramiques du DoubsCaravan site | 2.3 km WSW |
| Aire des Bateaux du Saut-du-DoubsCaravan site | 2.6 km SW |
| Camping La Belle VerteCampsite | 5.2 km ESE |
| Le Cul de la LuneCampsite | 7.7 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 4.9 × 4.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.9% of the 24 km² view
- Relief in view
- 440 m low point 722 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 2.4 km; 372 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Snake's-head fritillary26
- European holly12
- Marsh marigold8
- Sneezewort7
- Red campion7
- Common yew6
Where Lac des Brenets sits
- Range
- Jura Mountains26
- Region
- Canton of Neuchâtel5Switzerland432France176Europe2,143
Nearby places
Col des RochesPass · 919 m↑3.0 km SSE
Vue des AlpesPass · 1,283 m↑13 km E
Val de Travers732 m↑15 km S
Le ChasseronPeak · 1,607 m↑28 km SSW
ChasseralPeak · 1,607 m↑28 km ENE
More in the Jura Mountains 6
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- Terrain
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- 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)