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Ahr Valley

Floor117 m384 ft

Depth: 281 m
Rim: 477 m
Length: 24.6 km
Tonight: 4°CRain · Wind 32 km/h SW

Ahr Valley is up to 281 m deep: the rim reaches 477 m and the floor 117 m, along 24.6 km.

All facts

Floor: 117 m

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Depth

Depth of Ahr Valley

Up to 281 m deep (typically 220 m) along the 24.6 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Ahr Valley 3D map

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Surface

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Ahr Valley terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Ahr Valley elevation profile

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Weather

Ahr Valley weather

Tonight · Rain · 4°C (39°F) · 4.8 mm · Wind 32 km/h SW

Ahr Valley forecast for about 477 m.

Tonight4°4.8 mm32 km/h SW
Today5°11°23.4 mm43 km/h S
Sun6°12°1.2 mm32 km/h W
Mon6°11°1.3 mm25 km/h S
Tue11°16°0.3 mm21 km/h SW
Wed6°12°–13 km/h NW
Thu4°14°–7 km/h SW
Fri3°12°–6 km/h SW
Sat4°8°–8 km/h SE
Sun4°7°3.5 mm14 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ahr Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ahr Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Wanderparkplatz
0.7 km ESE · +2 more within 0.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
Vinetum Walporzheim
0.7 km ESE · +2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest hut
Berghütte Akropolis
3.7 km W
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Nearest campsite
Zur Burgwiese
3.9 km WSW
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Parking	0.4 km NE
WanderparkplatzParking	0.7 km ESE
Parking	0.7 km ESE
Vinetum WalporzheimCaravan site	0.7 km ESE
Campingplatz DernauCaravan site	1.3 km W
Campingplatz "Am Ahrtor"Caravan site	2.1 km ENE
Berghütte AkropolisHut	3.7 km W
Zur BurgwieseCampsite	3.9 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

49.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.6%

Steep, 30–45°

8.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 8.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 560 m low point 102 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 81.2%Grassland 13.3%Cropland 2.8%Built-up 2.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Ahr Valley.

Summit list 9

1Steinerberg531 m 0.3 km E
2Schrock403 m 1.4 km NNW
3Hornberg395 m 1.8 km WNW
4Koppen376 m 1.9 km NNE
5Mönchberg345 m 3.6 km N
6Häuschen507 m 4.5 km E
7Krausberg360 m 4.5 km NE
8Steinthalskopf417 m 5.3 km ENE
9Auf der Nür470 m 5.8 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 883 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard59
White stonecrop27
Maidenhair spleenwort22
Sticky Catchfly21
Scotch Broom19
Viper's-bugloss17

Where it sits

Where Ahr Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BlausteinseeLake66 km NW

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Ahr Valley

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