Pigeon Lake
- Area
- 97 km²
- Max depth
- 9 m
- Tonight
- -2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 31 km/h NW
Pigeon Lake is a lake at 849 m above sea level in Alberta, Canada, 97 km² in area and 17.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 849 m
- Length
- 17.4 km
- Shoreline
- 49.9 km
Pigeon Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 49.9 km
Pigeon Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 19.4 × 19.4 km
Pigeon Lake 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.
Pigeon Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Pigeon Lake weather
Today · Cloudy · -2 / 2°C (28 / 36°F) · Wind 31 km/h NW
Pigeon Lake forecast for about 849 m.
- Today-2°2°–31 km/h NW
- Sat-3°2°–26 km/h NW
- Sun-3°1°–20 km/h SE
- Mon-3°2°–21 km/h SE
- Tue1°2°0.2 mm13 km/h NW
- Wed-3°0°4.6 mm13 km/h N
- Thu-3°-2°3.1 mm10 km/h E
- Fri-3°-2°0.2 mm12 km/h S
- Sat-3°-3°0.7 mm14 km/h SW
- Sun1°4°–12 km/h W
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 near Pigeon Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pigeon Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
2.6 km NE
Nearest trailhead
4.6 km WSW
Nearest parking
4.9 km W
Nearest caravan site
5.4 km NE
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 2.6 km NE |
| Trailhead | 4.6 km WSW |
| Pigeon Lake Provincial ParkCampsite | 4.8 km W |
| Parking | 4.9 km W |
| Caravan site | 5.4 km NE |
| Parking | 7.3 km W |
| Day Use ParkingParking | 7.8 km WNW |
| Zeiner CampgroundCampsite | 7.9 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 19.4 × 19.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 376 km² view
- Relief in view
- 195 m low point 783 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.7 km; 433 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common cowparsnip28
- Red osier dogwood28
- Red baneberry25
- Police Car Moth22
- Fireweed22
- Twinberry honeysuckle21
Where Pigeon Lake sits
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Nearby places
Wizard Lake792 m↑15 km NE
Coal Lake700 m↑53 km E
Gull Lake895 m↑54 km S
Hubbles Lake727 m↑60 km N
Wabamun Lake721 m↑66 km NNW
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- Terrain
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- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)