Mountain · Nor'Wester Mountains · Ontario

Mount McKay

483 m1,585 ft

Prominence: 166 m544 ft
Isolation: 12 km
Tonight: 7°CLight rain · Wind 23 km/h S

Mount McKay is a 483 m (1,585 ft) mountain in the Nor'Wester Mountains, Ontario, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 483 m · 1,585 ft
Nearest higher peak: Sleeping Giant (563 m)
Range: Nor'Wester Mountains
Region: Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 48.3446° N, 89.2863° W

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3D map

Mount McKay 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount McKay 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 summit

Mount McKay elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount McKay weather

Tonight · Light rain · 7°C (45°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 23 km/h S

Mount McKay forecast for the summit, about 483 m.

Tonight7°0.9 mm23 km/h S
Sat6°14°4.9 mm29 km/h S
Sun1°11°–19 km/h NW
Mon1°5°–18 km/h NW
Tue3°5°3.5 mm18 km/h SE
Wed7°8°15.3 mm21 km/h NW
Thu3°8°0.2 mm17 km/h NW
Fri6°8°0.1 mm15 km/h E
Sat7°12°5.1 mm21 km/h S
Sun5°11°16.1 mm28 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.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

89.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

8.0%

Steep, 30–45°

2.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 2.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 300 m low point 181 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.3%Built-up 14.9%Grassland 12.7%Water 4.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%Cropland 0.6%

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 3 km; 508 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Western poison ivy27
Sugar maple25
Sensitive fern19
Mountain Maple19
Common Eastern Bumble Bee18
Common Goldeneye17

Where it sits

Where Mount McKay sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Downloads

Mount McKay downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 481 m at the summit; the official height is 483 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	483 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	481 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	475 m	-8 m

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
Accuracy comparison: 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia