Banff National Park, Alberta: Map, Lakes & Camping

Park boundary and water from open government data.

Banff National Park, Alberta. 51.488° N, 115.9382° W

National park, 6,640 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ab/banff-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Parks Canada trails, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Banff National Park is a 6,640 km² national park 3.7 km northwest of Canmore, in Alberta. It was established in 1885.

60 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Minnewanka (21.9 km²).

Conditions today

11.6 °C

Wind WSW 25 km/h, gusts 44

Observed at Yoho (National Park), as of Thu 11:00 p.m. MDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 3.

Weather: Yoho (National Park) (local forecast), as of Thu 11:22 p.m. MDT

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The 12 largest of 60 named lakes, ranked by area.

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

11 campgrounds have 2,272 campsites.

Campground	Sites
Tunnel Mountain Village I	619
Two Jack Main	379
Tunnel Mountain Trailer Court	322
Tunnel Mountain Village II	209
Lake Louise Tent Campsite	207
Lake Louise Trailer Campsite	191
Johnston Canyon	132
Two Jack Lakeside	74
Rampart Creek Campsite	51
Silverhorn Creek Campsite	45
Castle Mountain	43

336 named trails and routes, with 1,511.7 km of trail. The 15 longest are listed.

Designation: National park
IUCN category: II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by: Parks Canada Agency

Every Friday by email: the Environment Canada forecast and any weather alerts in effect.