Mountain · Harz · Saxony-Anhalt

Brocken

1,141 m3,744 ft

Prominence: 856 m2,808 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: 1°CCloudy · Wind 31 km/h SW

Brocken is a 1,141 m (3,744 ft) mountain in the Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,141 m · 3,744 ft
Range: Harz
Region: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Protected area: Harz National Park
Coordinates: 51.7996° N, 10.6152° E

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3D map

Brocken 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Brocken topographic map

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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Brocken elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Brocken weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 31 km/h SW

Brocken forecast for the summit, about 1,141 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 514 m.

Tonight1°0.4 mm31 km/h SWBase 5°
Today0°2°25.8 mm45 km/h SBase 4 / 5°
Sun1°7°7.5 mm42 km/h SWBase 5 / 10°
Mon1°5°2.0 mm26 km/h WBase 5 / 8°
Tue4°8°0.4 mm18 km/h SWBase 8 / 12°
Wed2°7°0.3 mm15 km/h WBase 6 / 10°
Thu3°6°1.5 mm10 km/h SWBase 7 / 10°
Fri2°6°2.0 mm8 km/h NBase 5 / 10°
Sat-2°2°0.4 mm8 km/h NEBase 1 / 6°
Sun-2°4°0.3 mm10 km/h SWBase 2 / 8°

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 Brocken

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

Nearest parking
Alte Bobbahn
4.5 km SE · +2 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest trailhead
Kammweg
6.6 km NE · +2 more within 6.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Harz Mountain Camp
6.6 km SE · +1 more within 7.6 km
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Nearest caravan site
Wanderlust Ilsetal
7.2 km NNE
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parking	3.9 km SE
Alte BobbahnParking	4.5 km SE
Parkhaus "Am Winterbergtor"Parking	4.6 km SSE
KammwegTrailhead	6.6 km NE
Harz Mountain CampCampsite	6.6 km SE
Jack the RipperTrailhead	6.8 km ENE
WassertalTrailhead	6.9 km NE
Wanderlust IlsetalCaravan site	7.2 km NNE
Bully PlatzCampsite	7.6 km S

Slope

Share of the 7.4 × 7.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

82.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

17.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.3% of the 55 km² view
Relief in view: 627 m low point 514 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.4%Grassland 19.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.7 km, measured from the Brocken summit.

Summit list 9

1Kahleklippe1,012 m 1.2 km WNW
2Kleiner Brocken1,018 m 1.2 km NNW
3Heinrichshöhe1,041 m 1.5 km SE
4Brandklippe930 m 1.6 km WNW
5Königsberg1,034 m 1.6 km SW
6Kesselklippe975 m 1.7 km SSW
7Obere Hirschhörner1,023 m 1.7 km SW
8Obere Zeterklippe931 m 2.0 km E
9Renneckenberg933 m 2.6 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.7 km; 667 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Scarce Copper81
Arran Brown47
European Peacock Butterfly46
Purple foxglove44
Great Yellow Gentian42
Cranberry Fritillary36

Where it sits

Where Brocken sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BückebergPeak · 375 m109 km WNW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,142 m at the summit; the official height is 1,141 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,141 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,142 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,139 m	-2 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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: 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

Brocken

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

Data sources