Bachtel
- Prominence
- 358 m1,174 ft
- Isolation
- 3.9 km
- Tonight
- 1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h W
Bachtel is a 1,115 m (3,658 ft) mountain in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,115 m · 3,658 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Brandegg (1,243 m)
- Region
- Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
- Spanish name
- Torre de Bachtel
- Coordinates
- 47.2949° N, 8.8868° E
Bachtel 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Bachtel terrain and contours
25 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.
Bachtel elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Bachtel weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · 0.7 mm · Wind 24 km/h W
Bachtel forecast for the summit, about 1,115 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 487 m.
- Tonight1°0.7 mm24 km/h WBase 5°
- Today-1°3°10.6 mm21 km/h SWBase 3 / 7°
- Sun2°8°9.4 mm28 km/h WBase 5 / 12°
- Mon1°9°–8 km/h SEBase 5 / 13°
- Tue4°14°–4 km/h NWBase 8 / 18°
- Wed4°8°1.3 mm8 km/h NEBase 8 / 11°
- Thu0°9°–8 km/h NEBase 4 / 13°
- Fri1°8°–4 km/h NWBase 5 / 12°
- Sat-1°7°0.5 mm5 km/h NWBase 3 / 11°
- Sun2°6°10.1 mm9 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
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.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.9% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 631 m low point 487 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Bachtel summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Auenberg1,050 m 0.8 km NNE
- 2Hohwacht950 m 0.8 km SSW
- 3Bachtelhörnli969 m 1.3 km SE
- 4Hörnli1,047 m 1.7 km N
- 5Allmen1,076 m 2.3 km N
- 6Egg923 m 2.8 km NNW
Where Bachtel sits
- Region
- Canton of Zurich14Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
Bachtel downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,118 m at the summit; the official height is 1,115 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,115 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,118 m | +3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,112 m | -3 m |
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 2026-09-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia