Lake · Alberta

Sandy Lake

706 m2,316 ft

Tonight: -2°CFair · Wind 30 km/h NW

Sandy Lake is a lake at 706 m above sea level in Alberta, Canada.

All facts

Surface elevation: 706 m

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3D map

Sandy Lake 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

Sandy Lake terrain and contours

2 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 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sandy Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Sandy Lake weather

Today · Cloudy · -2 / 2°C (28 / 36°F) · Wind 30 km/h NW

Sandy Lake forecast for about 706 m.

Today-2°2°–30 km/h NW
Sat-5°2°–26 km/h NW
Sun-5°1°–16 km/h SE
Mon-3°2°–19 km/h SE
Tue0°2°1.2 mm13 km/h NW
Wed-3°0°1.8 mm14 km/h N
Thu-3°-1°2.2 mm11 km/h E
Fri-5°-1°0.2 mm8 km/h S
Sat-3°-1°–12 km/h W
Sun-2°4°–9 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Sandy Lake

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

Nearest campsite
Sandy Beach Campground
1.3 km NNE · +1 more within 1.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
Campsite	1.3 km NE
Sandy Beach CampgroundCampsite	1.3 km NNE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

100.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 34 m low point 695 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 38.0%Water 31.4%Grassland 27.4%Cropland 2.3%Built-up 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; 22 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Garter Snake14
Black-backed Woodpecker2
Wood Frog2
American Avocet1
Pileated Woodpecker1
Northern Flicker1

Where it sits

Where Sandy Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pigeon Lake845 m84 km S

Downloads

Sandy Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGSandy Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-07-22)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Sandy Lake

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite