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Bode Gorge

Floor199 m653 ft
Depth
235 m
Rim
434 m
Length
38.5 km
Tonight
5°CCloudy · Wind 31 km/h SW

Bode Gorge is up to 235 m deep: the rim reaches 434 m and the floor 199 m, along 38.5 km.

All facts
Floor
199 m
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Depth

Depth of Bode Gorge

Up to 235 m deep (typically 137 m) along the 38.5 km in view.

100200300400500600235 mrimfloor0102038.5 km

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

3D map

Bode Gorge 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

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Topographic map

Bode Gorge 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bode Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Bode Gorge weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 31 km/h SW

Bode Gorge forecast for about 434 m.

  • Tonight5°0.1 mm31 km/h SW
  • Today4°6°20.4 mm42 km/h S
  • Sun5°11°5.5 mm37 km/h SW
  • Mon6°9°2.3 mm24 km/h SW
  • Tue8°12°0.1 mm22 km/h SW
  • Wed5°11°–12 km/h W
  • Thu5°10°0.6 mm10 km/h SW
  • Fri5°10°1.7 mm9 km/h NE
  • Sat2°6°0.5 mm8 km/h NE
  • Sun1°7°0.2 mm9 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 Bode Gorge

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km NE

    +2 more within 1.3 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Wohnmobilparkplatz Am Bodetal

    1.8 km NE · +2 more within 3.1 km

  • Nearest campsite

    KlosterCamping Thale

    3.5 km NE

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km NE
Parking0.8 km NE
Hexentanzplatz P1Parking1.3 km ESE
Wohnmobilparkplatz Am BodetalCaravan site1.8 km NE
Caravan site2.5 km NNE
Womopark24 Thale HarzCaravan site3.1 km NE
KlosterCamping ThaleCampsite3.5 km NE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 83% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
82.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
15.6%
Steep, 30–45°
1.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
1.7% of the 317 km² view
Relief in view
483 m low point 145 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.7%Grassland 28.5%Cropland 9.4%Built-up 3.3%Water 1.6%

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 Bode Gorge.

NESW5 km10 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Großer Dambachskopf454 m 7.0 km ESE
  2. 2Gabriels Kopf465 m 7.6 km ESE
  3. 3Kleiner Dammbachskopf466 m 7.6 km ESE
  4. 4Birkenkopf495 m 8.0 km ESE
  5. 5La Viershöhe478 m 8.1 km E
  6. 6Pabstburg467 m 8.2 km ESE
  7. 7Hexentanzplatz458 m 8.8 km E
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.9 km; 1,347 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Fire Salamander82
  • European Toad36
  • Liverleaf35
  • Purple foxglove34
  • Grey Heron29
  • Common Blue26
Where it sits

Where Bode Gorge sits

Region
Saxony-Anhalt3Germany118Europe2,143
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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia