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Dürrenstein

1,878 m6,161 ft

Prominence: 774 m2,540 ft
Isolation: 11 km
Tonight: -2°CSnow · Wind 14 km/h NW

Dürrenstein is a 1,878 m (6,161 ft) mountain in the Göstlinger Alpen, Lower Austria, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 1,878 m · 6,161 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hochstadl (1,919 m)
Range: Göstlinger Alpen
Region: Lower Austria, Austria
Coordinates: 47.7854° N, 15.0599° E

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3D map

Dürrenstein 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Dürrenstein terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Dürrenstein elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Dürrenstein weather

Tonight · Snow · -2°C (28°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 14 km/h NW

Dürrenstein forecast for the summit, about 1,878 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 637 m.

Tonight-2°1.4 mm14 km/h NWBase 5°
Today-7°0°1.2 mm18 km/h WBase 0 / 7°
Sun-6°3°7.1 mm24 km/h WBase 1 / 11°
Mon-6°2°1.5 mm20 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
Tue0°1°1.1 mm5 km/h SBase 8 / 9°
Wed-1°5°9.5 mm13 km/h NWBase 7 / 12°
Thu-5°0°1.1 mm10 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
Fri-4°4°0.8 mm5 km/h NBase 3 / 11°
Sat-3°-1°3.7 mm4 km/h NWBase 4 / 6°
Sun-3°2°1.5 mm9 km/h WBase 4 / 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Dürrenstein

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

Nearest hut
Herrenalm
2.9 km NE · +1 more within 3.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
5.6 km W
+2 more within 7.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
HerrenalmHut	2.9 km NE
Ybbstaler HütteHut	3.6 km NW
Parking	5.6 km W
Parkplatz TöpperbrückeParking	7.1 km NNW
Parking	7.1 km NE

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

23.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.7%

Steep, 30–45°

32.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.1%

Steeper than 30°: 35.2% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,234 m low point 637 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 76.3%Grassland 23.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Dürrenstein summit.

Summit list 8

1Gindelstein1,626 m 1.1 km ESE
2Springkogel1,678 m 1.3 km NW
3Kleiner Dürrenstein1,624 m 1.7 km ENE
4Roßeck1,662 m 1.8 km NNW
5Hanselkogel1,614 m 2.4 km NNW
6Noten1,640 m 2.5 km WNW
7Schwarzkogel1,597 m 3.1 km NNW
8Großer Hühnerkogel1,651 m 3.1 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 417 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European beech17
Bird's-nest orchid13
Silver fir13
Common Spotted Orchid12
Norway spruce10
Fragrant Orchid10

Where it sits

Where Dürrenstein sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGDürrenstein satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,871 m at the summit; the official height is 1,878 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,878 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,871 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,861 m	-17 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 2026-08-14)
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, 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

Dürrenstein

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources