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Jasper National Park

52.8035° N, 117.8047° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Jasper National Park, Alberta. 52.8035° N, 117.8047° W

National park, 10,880 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ab/jasper-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.

Jasper National Park is a 10,880 km² national park 26 km southeast of Tête Jaune Cache, in Alberta. It was established in 1907.

52 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Maligne Lake (20.5 km²).

Area
10,880 km²
Established
1907
Named lakes
52
Trails
11 km
Campsites
2,06712 campgrounds

Conditions today

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT · issued Thu 3:43 p.m. MDT

The first accumulating snow of the season is expected late this week, which may affect holiday travel.

Rain will continue to spread across northern Alberta today. Precipitation will change to snow on Friday in west-central regions, and for much of the province by Saturday.

Many areas of Alberta are expected to see accumulating snow on Saturday, possibly including the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. The highest snowfall amounts are expected in western parts of the province, including Grande Cache, Hinton, Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House where snow totals of 10 to 25 cm are currently forecast. Snow amounts for other areas of the province remain uncertain.

Snow will taper off from north to south on Sunday.

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:43 a.m. MDT

8.6 °C

Wind SW 4 km/h

Observed at Jasper, as of 12:00 a.m. MDT

Tonight: Rain. Snow level lowering to 2100 metres overnight. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Low 7.

Weather: Jasper (local forecast), as of 12:03 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:32 a.m.
Sunrise
8:06 a.m.
Sunset
7:08 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:43 p.m.
Moonrise
7:04 a.m.
Moonset
6:28 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 52 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureArea
1Maligne Lake20.5 km²
2Brûlé Lake11.8 km²
3Jasper Lake11.4 km²
4Fortress Lake8.71 km²
5Amethyst Lakes4.57 km²
6Medicine Lake4.21 km²
7Talbot Lake3.54 km²
8Twintree Lake3.36 km²
9Brazeau Lake2.85 km²
10Southesk Lake1.43 km²
11Pyramid Lake1.24 km²
12Topaz Lake1.11 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

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

Campgrounds

The 12 largest campgrounds have 2,067 campsites.

CampgroundTypeSites
WhistlersFrontcountry camping781
WapitiFrontcountry camping363
OverflowFrontcountry camping296
WabassoFrontcountry camping231
PocahontasFrontcountry camping140
SnaringFrontcountry camping64
WilcoxFrontcountry camping46
KerkeslinFrontcountry camping41
HoneymoonFrontcountry camping36
Columbia IcefieldFrontcountry camping31
JonasFrontcountry camping26
PalisadesCabins12

Trails

1 named trail or route, with 1 km of trail.

TrailLength
Boundary Lake1 km

Things to do

Camping

  • Backcountry camping
  • Backcountry huts
  • Cabins
  • Frontcountry camping
  • Group camping
  • oTENTik

Facilities

  • Boat launch
  • Climbing area
  • Glacier skywalk
  • Golf course
  • Gondola
  • Horse facility
  • Hot pools
  • Picnic areas
  • Ski area
  • Trailheads
  • Visitor or interpretation centre
  • Washrooms

Official record

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

Photos

2018 Jasper National Park Pass 02
Photo: Kelleycorinna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A field of rocky boulders in the valley between the mountains in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies
Photo: Viktor Birkus https://viktor-birkus.pixels.com [1], CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A hazy morning on the south side of Jasper National Park
Photo: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc national du Canada JasperFrench form