Base Lake

Base Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Base Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Base Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 55.64917, -111.84500. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Base Lake

• Crow Lake Provincial Park · lake · Lac La Biche · ~31 km · Must-see
• Behan Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~54 km
• Clyde Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~55 km
• Wiau Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~55 km
• Rattail Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~74 km
• Thornbury Lake · lake · Wood Buffalo · ~18 km
• Caribou Creek Remote Public Land Recreation Area · sanctuary · Lac La Biche · ~19 km
• Caribou Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~23 km
• Caribou Lake (sjö i Kanada, Alberta, lat 55,49, long · lake · Lac La Biche · ~23 km
• House River Public Land Recreation Area · sanctuary · Lac La Biche · ~24 km
• Wappau Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~28 km
• Crow Lake Ecological Reserve · lake · Lac La Biche · ~31 km
• Waskahigan Public Land Recreation Area · sanctuary · Lac La Biche · ~32 km
• Little Fish Lake (sjö i Kanada, Alberta, lat 55,46, long · lake · Lac La Biche · ~33 km
• Little Fish Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~33 km
• Crow Lake Walk-in Tenting Public Land Recreation Area · lake · Lac La Biche · ~33 km
• Steepbank Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~33 km
• Goodwin Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~35 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Base Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Base Lake

• Crow Lake Provincial Park · lake · Lac La Biche · ~31 km · Must-see
• Christina Lake · lake · Wood Buffalo · ~75 km · Must-see
• Ipiatik Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~80 km · Must-see
• Winefred Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~105 km · Must-see
• Lac La Biche · lake · Lac La Biche · ~109 km · Must-see
• Touchwood Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~122 km · Must-see
• Antoine Lake · lake · Lac La Biche · ~124 km · Must-see
• Gregoire Lake · lake · Wood Buffalo · ~126 km · Must-see
• Gregoire Lake Provincial Park · lake · Wood Buffalo · ~127 km · Must-see
• Calling Lake · lake · Municipal District of Opportunity · ~128 km · Must-see

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