Moon Lake Alberta Map

About Moon Lake, Alberta

Moon Lake is a locality in 34-51-7-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Moon Lake is located at 53.4528°N, 114.9619°W.

Moon Lake rests within a quiet basin where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the cooling breath of the Pembina River. It lies 25.5 km north of Drayton Valley, AB (from Drayton Valley, AB: bearing 3°T), and is situated 14.4 km west-north-west of Tomahawk. The Pembina River winds through the surrounding terrain, its presence a constant, low murmur that defines the reach of the valley. To the east, the landscape opens toward Hoople Lake, an expanse of water that mirrors the pale, expansive sky of the afternoons. When the sun dips low, the light catches the surface of Moon Lake, turning the water to polished nickel and deepening the shadows cast by the dense thickets of willow and poplar. Further along the drainage, the Pembina River Provincial Park marks a change in the land, where the riparian corridors become wider and the banks settle into a more predictable, steady flow. Agriculture remains the pulse of this region, with fields stretching toward the horizon, marked by the machinery that clears the stubble after the harvest. The settlers who first arrived here found a landscape that demanded patience, and that necessity for endurance lingers in the way the local residents go about their work, focused and deliberate. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and the survival of small, family-held plots that have weathered decades of changing markets. Because the Pembina River dictates the movement of moisture across the soil, the rhythm of life at Moon Lake aligns with the seasonal swelling and receding of the water. Even in the stillness of a mid-summer day, the land feels alert, grounded in the hard-won reality of those who continue to cultivate the heavy, dark loam.

About This Moon Lake Map Page

Explore Moon Lake, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.452778, -114.961944. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Moon Lake includes the postal code (T7A), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Moon Lake is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.