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Nicola Lake

626 m2,054 ft
Tonight
2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h N

Nicola Lake is a lake at 626 m above sea level in British Columbia, Canada.

All facts
Surface elevation
626 m
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3D map

Nicola Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Nicola Lake 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Nicola Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Nicola Lake weather

Today · Fair · 2 / 6°C (36 / 43°F) · Wind 5 km/h N

Nicola Lake forecast for about 626 m.

  • Today2°6°–5 km/h N
  • Sat3°5°6.8 mm8 km/h NE
  • Sun3°6°5.7 mm8 km/h NE
  • Mon4°7°0.6 mm5 km/h SW
  • Tue3°9°2.5 mm8 km/h S
  • Wed1°6°3.7 mm5 km/h NE
  • Thu1°4°3.0 mm2 km/h SW
  • Fri-2°3°0.3 mm4 km/h SW
  • Sat0°4°–6 km/h SW
  • Sun2°7°–5 km/h NE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Nicola Lake

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

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.9 km SSE
Quilchena RV ParkCampsite1.0 km SSE
Monck Provincial CampgroundCampsite1.7 km NW
Parking1.7 km NW
Caravan site4.7 km NE
Campsite5.0 km NNE
Parking6.7 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 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°
10.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.3% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
312 m low point 624 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 39.7%Grassland 39.1%Cropland 12.3%Trees 6.8%Built-up 1.4%Bare rock / sparse 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 2 km; 124 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot23
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush6
  • Bearberry6
  • Osprey6
  • Yellow Salsify5
  • Red-tailed Hawk4
Where it sits

Where Nicola Lake sits

Region
British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-09-18)
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
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