Riding Mountain National Park
50.7664° N, 100.0545° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. 50.7664° N, 100.0545° W
National park, 2,970 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/mb/riding-mountain-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.
- 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.
Riding Mountain National Park is a 2,970 km² national park 2.7 km northwest of Onanole, in Manitoba. It was established in 1929.
89 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Clear Lake (31.1 km²).
- Area
- 2,970 km²
- Established
- 1929
- Named lakes
- 89
- Campsites
- 5485 campgrounds
Conditions today
1.2 °C
Observed at Wasagaming, as of 1:00 a.m. CDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy overnight with 30 percent chance of showers. Low plus 4.
Weather: Wasagaming (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:53 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:00 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:33 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:47 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:19 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 89 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Lake | 31.1 km² |
| 2 | Whitewater Lake | 10.3 km² |
| 3 | Lake Audy | 4.78 km² |
| 4 | Shoal Lake | 3.77 km² |
| 5 | Menzies Lake | 2.41 km² |
| 6 | Spruce Lake | 2.24 km² |
| 7 | Gunn Lake | 2.03 km² |
| 8 | Moon Lake | 1.85 km² |
| 9 | Edwards Lake | 1.7 km² |
| 10 | MacArthur Lake | 1.52 km² |
| 11 | Whirlpool Lake | 1.46 km² |
| 12 | Moose Lake | 1.44 km² |
Beaches
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Campgrounds
5 campgrounds have 548 campsites.
| Campground | Sites |
|---|---|
| Wasagaming | 461 |
| Lake Audy | 32 |
| Moon Lake | 29 |
| Whirlpool | 14 |
| Deep Lake | 12 |
Things to do
Camping
- Backcountry camping
- Backcountry huts
- Frontcountry camping
- MicrOcube
- Yurts
- oTENTik
Official record
- Designation
- National park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Canada Agency
Photos
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Names
- Parc national du Canada du Mont-RidingFrench form
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