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Ammersee

533 m1,749 ft
Area
46 km²
Max depth
81 m
Tonight
5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 27 km/h W

Ammersee is a lake at 533 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 46 km² in area and 15.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
533 m
Length
15.8 km
Shoreline
50.4 km
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3D map

Ammersee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 17.8 × 17.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Ammersee topographic map

10 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Ammersee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
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Lake

Ammersee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

15.8 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
50.4 km
Weather

Ammersee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 27 km/h W

Ammersee forecast for about 533 m.

  • Tonight5°–27 km/h W
  • Today4°7°4.4 mm28 km/h W
  • Sun5°11°11.8 mm30 km/h W
  • Mon5°11°–19 km/h W
  • Tue9°16°–10 km/h W
  • Wed5°11°3.9 mm12 km/h NW
  • Thu3°10°–8 km/h E
  • Fri3°10°–6 km/h NE
  • Sat2°9°–6 km/h NE
  • Sun3°7°2.6 mm17 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ammersee

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.8 km WNW

    +2 more within 2.5 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Campingplatz Utting

    3.4 km NNW · +2 more within 5.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Wohnmobilstellplatz Herrsching

    3.9 km ESE · +2 more within 5.9 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking1.8 km WNW
Parking2.5 km SW
Parkplatz GartenstraßeParking2.5 km SW
Campingplatz UttingCampsite3.4 km NNW
Wohnmobilstellplatz HerrschingCaravan site3.9 km ESE
Campingplatz Sankt AlbanCampsite3.9 km SSW
Wohnmobilstellplatz Dießen am AmmerseeCaravan site5.3 km S
Campingplatz JäschockCampsite5.6 km NNE
AndechsCaravan site5.9 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 17.8 × 17.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.3% of the 317 km² view
Relief in view
238 m low point 530 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 41.1%Grassland 27.7%Water 16.8%Cropland 10.4%Built-up 3.9%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 8.9 km of Ammersee.

NESW5 km10 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Jaudesberg617 m 4.3 km NNE
  2. 2Reisenbühl576 m 4.5 km NW
  3. 3Blumberg614 m 6.3 km SSE
  4. 4Weiherbühel699 m 6.6 km SE
  5. 5Gruberberg680 m 6.8 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.9 km; 1,577 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Black-headed Gull82
  • Greylag Goose77
  • Great Crested Grebe72
  • Black Kite62
  • Mallard56
  • Red-crested Pochard56
Where it sits

Where Ammersee sits

Region
Bavaria48Germany118Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-09-06)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia