Lake · Baden-Württemberg

Federsee

578 m1,896 ft

Area: 1.46 km²
Tonight: 4°CCloudy · Wind 26 km/h SW

Federsee is a lake at 578 m above sea level in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1.46 km² in area and 3.5 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 578 m
Length: 3.5 km
Shoreline: 8.3 km

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Lake

Federsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 8.3 km≈2 h to walk around

3D map

Federsee 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Federsee terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Federsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Federsee weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 26 km/h SW

Federsee forecast for about 578 m.

Tonight4°0.1 mm26 km/h SW
Today3°8°8.4 mm26 km/h SW
Sun5°11°6.9 mm34 km/h SW
Mon4°11°–14 km/h SW
Tue5°17°–10 km/h SW
Wed2°11°2.0 mm8 km/h N
Thu1°10°–11 km/h NE
Fri0°10°–6 km/h NE
Sat1°8°0.1 mm7 km/h E
Sun3°7°2.9 mm14 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Federsee

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

Nearest parking
Gemeindesaal
1.4 km ENE · +2 more within 1.5 km
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Nearest caravan site
Beim Federseemuseum
2.3 km SW · +2 more within 2.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Campingplatz von Steinhausen
7.8 km SE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
GemeindesaalParking	1.4 km ENE
Parking	1.5 km ENE
Parking	1.5 km ENE
Beim FederseemuseumCaravan site	2.3 km SW
Wohnwagen-Stellplatz am Bad Buchau FreibadCaravan site	2.5 km SSW
SeegasseCaravan site	2.5 km SW
Campingplatz von SteinhausenCampsite	7.8 km SE

Slope

Share of the 5.5 × 5.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 30 km² view
Relief in view: 75 m low point 577 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 42.3%Cropland 25.3%Trees 17.3%Wetland 6.4%Built-up 5.7%Water 3.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.7 km; 477 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Bearded Reedling137
Mute Swan102
Reed Bunting93
Common Coot84
Western Roe Deer73
Great Egret69

Where it sits

Where Federsee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Hoher IfenPeak · 2,230 m88 km SSE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGFedersee satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-25)
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
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Federsee

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