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Lake Louise

1,734 m5,689 ft
Area
0.78 km²
Tonight
-10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 9 km/h NW

Lake Louise is a lake at 1,734 m above sea level in Alberta, Canada, 0.78 km² in area and 1.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,734 m
Length
1.9 km
Shoreline
4.5 km
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3D map

Lake Louise 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Louise topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Louise elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Lake Louise in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.9 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
4.5 km≈1¼ h to walk around
Weather

Lake Louise weather

Today · Clear · -10 / 0°C (14 / 32°F) · Wind 9 km/h NW

Lake Louise forecast for about 1,734 m.

  • Today-10°0°–9 km/h NW
  • Sat-9°0°4.2 mm9 km/h E
  • Sun-8°0°–6 km/h SE
  • Mon-3°5°–1 km/h W
  • Tue-4°3°1.6 mm4 km/h W
  • Wed-4°0°15.8 mm6 km/h E
  • Thu-12°-1°2.8 mm4 km/h S
  • Fri-13°-4°1.3 mm3 km/h W
  • Sat-10°-5°0.5 mm6 km/h SW
  • Sun-10°-2°–5 km/h SW

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

Camping & parking near Lake Louise

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

  • Nearest parking

    Lake Louise handicap parking

    1.1 km ENE · +2 more within 1.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Lake Louise Softsided Campground

    3.4 km E · +2 more within 4.1 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking1.1 km ENE
Parking1.1 km ENE
Lake Louise handicap parkingParking1.1 km ENE
Lake Louise Softsided CampgroundCampsite3.4 km E
Campsite3.9 km E
Lake Louise Hardsided CampgroundCampsite4.1 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
33.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
29.3%
Steep, 30–45°
30.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
7.4%
Steeper than 30°
37.7% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,115 m low point 1,621 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.6%Bare rock / sparse 16.1%Moss & lichen 6.8%Water 5.7%Grassland 1.5%

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 km; 538 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Clark's Nutcracker693
  • Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel473
  • Steller's Jay333
  • Black-billed Magpie290
  • Columbian Ground Squirrel208
  • Canada Jay200
Where it sits

Where Lake Louise sits

Region
Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Protected area
Banff National Park17
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-09-17)
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
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia