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Lac Pavin
- Area
- 0.44 km²
- Max depth
- 92 m
- Tonight
- 2°CRain · Wind 24 km/h W
Lac Pavin is a lake at 1,198 m above sea level in canton of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, France, 0.44 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,198 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.4 km
Lac Pavin in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.4 km≈30 min to walk around
Lac Pavin 3D map
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Lac Pavin 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 Pavin elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lac Pavin weather
Tonight · Rain · 2°C (36°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 24 km/h W
Lac Pavin forecast for about 1,198 m.
- Tonight2°1.7 mm24 km/h W
- Today3°5°16.2 mm41 km/h SW
- Sun2°10°17.6 mm40 km/h SW
- Mon2°11°–12 km/h SW
- Tue8°16°1.5 mm13 km/h SW
- Wed3°8°0.4 mm11 km/h NE
- Thu3°14°–5 km/h E
- Fri5°13°0.3 mm3 km/h W
- Sat5°11°2.8 mm10 km/h SW
- Sun0°6°0.1 mm10 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lac Pavin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac Pavin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km SE
Nearest caravan site
Aire de la Biche
Nearest hut
3.3 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Aire de bivouac de Super-Besse
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km SE |
| Parking | 0.6 km N |
| Parking | 0.7 km NNE |
| Aire de la BicheCaravan site | 2.8 km WNW |
| Hut | 3.3 km NNE |
| Aire de bivouac de Super-BesseCampsite | 3.3 km WNW |
| Camping Bois de GravièreCampsite | 4.8 km ENE |
| Camping GCU de CompainsCampsite | 6.9 km SSE |
| Le Buron de la Croix Saint-RobertHut | 7.7 km NNW |
| Refuge de MerdençonHut | 7.8 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 79% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.5% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 455 m low point 1,061 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.
Where Lac Pavin sits
- Range
- Massif Central10
Nearby places
Chambon lake875 m↑8.7 km NNE
Lac de GuéryLake · 1,244 m↑14 km NNW
Lac d'AydatLake · 837 m↑20 km NNE
Puy de DômePeak · 1,465 m↑31 km N
Pas de PeyrolPass · 1,589 m↑46 km SSW
More in the Massif Central 6
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- 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)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia