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Edersee

243 m797 ft
Area
10 km²
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 29 km/h SW

Edersee is a lake at 243 m above sea level in Hesse, Germany, 10 km² in area and 12.5 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
243 m
Length
12.5 km
Shoreline
55.1 km
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Lake

Edersee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

12.5 km longest2 kmN ↑
Shoreline
55.1 km
3D map

Edersee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.5 × 14.5 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Edersee 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

Edersee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Edersee weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 29 km/h SW

Edersee forecast for about 243 m.

  • Tonight6°–29 km/h SW
  • Today5°10°20.2 mm38 km/h S
  • Sun6°13°2.8 mm31 km/h W
  • Mon7°11°2.8 mm22 km/h SW
  • Tue9°14°0.1 mm21 km/h SW
  • Wed8°13°–12 km/h W
  • Thu7°13°1.1 mm8 km/h W
  • Fri5°12°0.7 mm6 km/h N
  • Sat5°8°0.6 mm10 km/h E
  • Sun4°9°0.9 mm13 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Edersee

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.3 km NW

    +2 more within 0.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Terrassencampingplatz Wieseloh

    0.4 km WNW · +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Wohnmobilpark Edersee-Alm

    1.2 km NNE · +2 more within 3.6 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.3 km NW
Terrassencampingplatz WieselohCampsite0.4 km WNW
Terrassencampingplatz Wieseloh "Knippenberg"Campsite0.4 km NW
Parking0.5 km SW
Am LingeCampsite0.5 km SSW
Parking0.7 km ENE
Wohnmobilpark Edersee-AlmCaravan site1.2 km NNE
Eder-SeerosenplatzCaravan site3.4 km W
Wohnmobilstellplatz Hemfurth / EderseeCaravan site3.6 km ESE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 14.5 × 14.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 73% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
72.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
24.7%
Steep, 30–45°
2.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
2.8% of the 210 km² view
Relief in view
451 m low point 192 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.4%Cropland 19.2%Grassland 17.9%Water 5.5%Built-up 1.9%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.3 km of Edersee.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Ochsenwurzelkopf542 m 3.0 km SE
  2. 2Peterskopf507 m 4.0 km SE
  3. 3Dicker Kopf603 m 4.5 km SSE
  4. 4Elmsberg527 m 4.8 km SE
  5. 5Locheiche557 m 5.0 km S
  6. 6Lingenkopf507 m 5.3 km SSW
  7. 7Himbeerkopf492 m 6.0 km SSW
  8. 8Traddelkopf626 m 6.3 km SSW
  9. 9Kron-Berg487 m 7.2 km SW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.3 km; 1,016 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Purple foxglove24
  • European beech23
  • Red-banded Polypore23
  • Coralroot21
  • Porcelain mushroom19
  • European Toad18
Where it sits

Where Edersee sits

Region
Hesse4Germany118Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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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