Wapta Lake, Yoho National Park

#23 among attractions in Yoho National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Lake

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Wapta Lake is a glacial lake in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia, Canada. ()

Length: 2428 ftWidth: 1115 ftElevation: 5213 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°26'22"N, 116°20'60"W

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Wapta Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Agnes, Abbot Pass hut, The Beehive, Sherbrooke Lake.

4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Agnes, Lake Louise
121 min walk • Lake Agnes is a small mountain lake in the Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. It has a surface of 0.52 km² and is located approximately 3.5 km hiking distance from Lake Louise.
5.8 miSE
Hiking, Alpine hut, Vernacular architecture
Abbot Pass hut, Yoho National Park
148 min walk • The Abbot Pass hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2,925 metres in Abbot Pass in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.
4.9 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Geologic formation
The Beehive, Lake Louise
125 min walk • The Beehive is a mountain located in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. It was named by J. Willoughby Astley in 1890 because the mountain resembles a beehive.
2.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park
53 min walk • Sherbrooke Lake is a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is bounded on the west by Mount Ogden 2,695 m, Mount Niles 2,972 m to the north, and Paget Peak on the east side.
4.4 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Hiking trail
Mount St. Piran, Lake Louise
111 min walk • Mount St. Piran is a mountain in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Located in the Bow River Valley southeast of the Minewakun Lake Valley; northwest of Lake Agnes; between Lake Louise Valley and lower Bath Creek, Banff Park, Alberta.
1.5 miNW
Mountain
Paget Peak, Yoho National Park
38 min walk • Paget Peak is a mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It is readily accessible via a hiking trail.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Field, Field
125 min walk • Mount Field is a mountain located about 10 km east of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 after Cyrus West Field, an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable, 1858, a second in 1866; Mr.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Niblock, Banff National Park
94 min walk • Mount Niblock is a mountain in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1904 after John Niblock, a superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
5.1 miS
Mountain
Mount Huber, Yoho National Park
130 min walk • Mount Huber is a 3,348-metre summit located two kilometres east of Lake O'Hara in the Bow Range of Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
5.1 miW
Park
Burgess Shale, Field
129 min walk • The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At 508 million years old, it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part imprints.
4 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Collier Peak, Yoho National Park
102 min walk • Collier Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1903 after Collier, Dr. Joseph.