Geiseltalsee
- Area
- 18 km²
- Tonight
- 9°CCloudy · Wind 26 km/h SW
Geiseltalsee is a lake at 98 m above sea level in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 18 km² in area and 8.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 98 m
- Length
- 8.5 km
- Shoreline
- 43.5 km
Geiseltalsee in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 43.5 km
Geiseltalsee 3D map
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Geiseltalsee 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.
Geiseltalsee elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Geiseltalsee weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 26 km/h SW
Geiseltalsee forecast for about 98 m.
- Tonight9°–26 km/h SW
- Today7°9°6.9 mm33 km/h S
- Sun8°14°4.9 mm37 km/h S
- Mon8°12°0.4 mm27 km/h W
- Tue9°15°–15 km/h SW
- Wed6°13°0.3 mm15 km/h W
- Thu7°11°1.1 mm10 km/h SW
- Fri6°11°0.9 mm7 km/h W
- Sat4°9°0.2 mm10 km/h N
- Sun3°10°0.4 mm6 km/h E
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 near Geiseltalsee
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Geiseltalsee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Aussichtsturm
Nearest caravan site
Stegblick
Nearest campsite
Geiseltalsee-Camp
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| AussichtsturmParking | 1.7 km SSW |
| StegblickCaravan site | 1.7 km SW |
| Parking | 1.8 km SW |
| Parking | 1.9 km SW |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz Zentralwerkstatt PfännerhallCaravan site | 2.2 km SE |
| Pension El RetiroCaravan site | 2.6 km SW |
| Geiseltalsee-CampCampsite | 4.7 km WNW |
| Hasse CampingplatzCampsite | 6.0 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 10.5 × 10.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 110 km² view
- Relief in view
- 128 m low point 96 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 741 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Blue Damselfly63
- Sand Lizard55
- Common Blue42
- Red-backed Shrike41
- European Bee-eater40
- White Wagtail37
Where Geiseltalsee sits
- Region
- Saxony-Anhalt3Germany118Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · Wikipedia