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Mountain · Black Forest · Baden-Württemberg

Belchen

1,414 m4,639 ft

Easiest route: 0.6 km+55 m · about 0.5 h · T1
Prominence: 373 m1,225 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: -2°CSnow · Wind 26 km/h SW

Belchen is a 1,414 m (4,639 ft) mountain in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,414 m · 4,639 ft
Nearest higher peak: Herzogenhorn (1,416 m)
Range: Black Forest
Region: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Protected area: Belchen
Coordinates: 47.8224° N, 7.8332° E

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Route

How to get to the top of Belchen

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 0.3 km SSE of Belchen

Distance: 0.6 kmone way
Climb: +55 m−6 m (180 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: T1Easy trail, trainers are fine

Belchen elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Belchen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Belchen terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Belchen weather

Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 5.3 mm · Wind 26 km/h SW

Belchen forecast for the summit, about 1,414 m.

Tonight-2°5.3 mm26 km/h SW
Today-2°2°12.7 mm32 km/h S
Sun1°6°15.6 mm31 km/h S
Mon0°6°–13 km/h SW
Tue5°14°2.6 mm7 km/h SW
Wed1°6°0.2 mm10 km/h NE
Thu-1°8°–4 km/h E
Fri-1°7°–4 km/h W
Sat0°5°1.0 mm4 km/h W
Sun-2°3°8.5 mm13 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Belchen

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

Nearest parking
1.3 km SSW
+2 more within 1.3 km
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Nearest hut
Wanderheim Dießlin Hütte Multen
1.6 km E · +2 more within 1.8 km
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Nearest campsite
Waldjugendzeltplatz Hohtann - Bödemle
2.0 km ENE · +2 more within 6.2 km
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Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobil Stellplatz Schönau im Schwarzwald
6.4 km SE
Directions Map

All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	1.3 km SSW
Parking	1.3 km E
Parking	1.3 km NE
Hut	1.3 km E
Wanderheim Dießlin Hütte MultenHut	1.6 km E
StangenbodenhütteHut	1.8 km WSW
Waldjugendzeltplatz Hohtann - BödemleCampsite	2.0 km ENE
Jugend- und Familienzeltplatz SonnenrainCampsite	3.7 km ENE
Camping SchönenbuchenCampsite	6.2 km SE
Wohnmobil Stellplatz Schönau im SchwarzwaldCaravan site	6.4 km SE

Slope

How steep is the route to Belchen?

The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 1,359 m to 1,414 m. Steepest stretch: 11°.

0 km · 1,359 m0.6 km · 1,414 m

0–15°0.6 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.0%Grassland 21.3%Built-up 0.6%

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 Belchen summit.

Summit list 5

1Hohe Kelch1,264 m 1.0 km WSW
2Heidstein1,274 m 1.7 km NNE
3Stuhlskopf1,116 m 2.1 km SW
4Dietschel1,241 m 2.4 km NE
5Hohtannen1,249 m 2.4 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Belchen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Höllental19 km NE

Belchen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGBelchen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-13.

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GIS & GPS

GPXBelchen GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,413 m at the summit; the official height is 1,414 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,414 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,413 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,410 m	-4 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 2026-08-13)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Belchen

From Road end, 0.3 km SSE of Belchen

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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