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Lac des Vieilles Forges

243 m797 ft
Area
1.40 km²
Max depth
4 m
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 25 km/h SW

Lac des Vieilles Forges is a lake at 243 m above sea level in Grand Est, France, 1.40 km² in area and 3.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
243 m
Length
3.6 km
Shoreline
9.8 km
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Lake

Lac des Vieilles Forges in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

3.6 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
9.8 km≈2½ h to walk around
3D map

Lac des Vieilles Forges 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.6 × 5.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lac des Vieilles Forges 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 des Vieilles Forges elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac des Vieilles Forges weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 25 km/h SW

Lac des Vieilles Forges forecast for about 243 m.

  • Tonight4°–25 km/h SW
  • Today4°10°47.1 mm36 km/h S
  • Sun6°12°1.5 mm35 km/h W
  • Mon6°10°1.8 mm25 km/h S
  • Tue8°15°1.4 mm20 km/h S
  • Wed6°13°0.1 mm12 km/h W
  • Thu5°13°–9 km/h SE
  • Fri5°14°–8 km/h SE
  • Sat4°11°2.7 mm12 km/h SE
  • Sun3°8°2.7 mm15 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 des Vieilles Forges

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km N

    +2 more within 0.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    La Murée

    5.6 km WNW · +1 more within 4.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Annexe aire de la sapinière Revin

    7.9 km NNE

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km N
Parking0.3 km E
Parking0.3 km ENE
Campsite4.5 km SSE
La MuréeCampsite5.6 km WNW
Annexe aire de la sapinière RevinCaravan site7.9 km NNE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 5.6 × 5.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 31 km² view
Relief in view
196 m low point 213 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 86.1%Grassland 7.8%Water 4.4%Built-up 1.2%Cropland 0.5%

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 2.8 km; 124 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Buzzard6
  • White Wagtail5
  • Common bilberry5
  • Grey Heron4
  • Alder buckthorn4
  • Blusher4
Where it sits

Where Lac des Vieilles Forges sits

Region
Grand Est5France176Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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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 2026-07-28)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia