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Lake of Sainte-Croix

473 m1,552 ft

Area: 21 km²
Max depth: 93 m
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 33 km/h NW

Lake of Sainte-Croix is a lake at 473 m above sea level in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 21 km² in area and 11.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 473 m
Length: 11.9 km
Shoreline: 50.9 km

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Lake

Lake of Sainte-Croix in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 50.9 km

3D map

Lake of Sainte-Croix 3D map

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Surface

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Lake of Sainte-Croix terrain and contours

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.

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Lake of Sainte-Croix elevation profile

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Weather

Lake of Sainte-Croix weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 33 km/h NW

Lake of Sainte-Croix forecast for about 473 m.

Tonight6°–33 km/h NW
Today6°13°–31 km/h NW
Sun8°16°0.2 mm27 km/h NW
Mon8°20°–12 km/h NE
Tue9°19°–6 km/h SW
Wed10°19°–5 km/h SW
Thu11°19°–6 km/h SW
Fri9°17°–9 km/h W
Sat9°14°–4 km/h SW
Sun8°16°–9 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake of Sainte-Croix

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

Nearest parking
Parking du Paraloup
1.7 km W · +2 more within 1.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Les Roux
2.2 km WNW · +2 more within 2.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
Aire Communale de Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon
2.7 km W · +2 more within 2.9 km
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Nearest trailhead
Plein Voir
7.6 km NE
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	1.6 km W
Parking du ParaloupParking	1.7 km W
Parking des MuletiersParking	1.8 km W
Camping Les RouxCampsite	2.2 km WNW
Le Poney ClubCampsite	2.3 km WNW
Camping La SourceCampsite	2.3 km ENE
Aire Communale de Sainte-Croix-du-VerdonCaravan site	2.7 km W
La Maison du LavandinCaravan site	2.9 km W
Commune Les Salles-sur-Verdon Aire de stationnement camping carsCaravan site	2.9 km ENE
Plein VoirTrailhead	7.6 km NE

Slope

Share of the 13.9 × 13.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

76.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

18.9%

Steep, 30–45°

3.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 4.6% of the 193 km² view
Relief in view: 1,057 m low point 401 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 60.4%Cropland 15.1%Water 11.0%Grassland 10.0%Shrubland 2.5%Built-up 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.0 km of Lake of Sainte-Croix.

Summit list 3

1Turelle557 m 3.9 km NE
2Le Castellas627 m 5.1 km SW
3Collet Coucou979 m 6.3 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.0 km; 1,262 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Crested Grebe29
European Rose Chafer25
Box Tree Moth24
Pyramidal orchid22
European Mantis21
Giant orchid21

Where it sits

Where Lake of Sainte-Croix sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mont FaronPeak · 584 m71 km SSW

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Print & wall

JPGLake of Sainte-Croix satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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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 2026-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

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