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Großer Arber

1,456 m4,777 ft

Prominence: 1,027 m3,369 ft
Isolation: 147 km
Tonight: -1°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h SW

Großer Arber is a 1,456 m (4,777 ft) mountain in the Bohemian Forest, Bavaria, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,456 m · 4,777 ft
Nearest higher peak: Traunstein (1,691 m)
Range: Bohemian Forest
Region: Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates: 49.1126° N, 13.1360° E

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3D map

Großer Arber 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Großer Arber 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

Großer Arber elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Großer Arber weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 21 km/h SW

Großer Arber forecast for the summit, about 1,456 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 641 m.

Tonight-1°0.1 mm21 km/h SWBase 4°
Today-4°2°2.8 mm24 km/h SBase 1 / 7°
Sun-2°3°21.7 mm31 km/h SBase 3 / 8°
Mon-1°3°0.8 mm21 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
Tue1°8°–8 km/h SEBase 6 / 13°
Wed1°4°1.1 mm8 km/h NWBase 5 / 9°
Thu-2°5°–7 km/h NWBase 3 / 10°
Fri-3°5°0.9 mm6 km/h NWBase 2 / 10°
Sat-3°2°3.3 mm4 km/h EBase 2 / 7°
Sun-2°3°2.9 mm9 km/h SBase 3 / 7°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Großer Arber

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

Nearest hut
Zwieseler Hütte
0.1 km SSW · +2 more within 1.5 km
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Nearest parking
1.4 km NNE
+2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Reisemobilstellplatz Bodenmais
5.6 km SW · +1 more within 7.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Heiner
6.4 km SE
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Zwieseler HütteHut	0.1 km SSW
ArberschutzhausHut	0.2 km ENE
Parking	1.4 km NNE
Parking	1.4 km NNE
Chamer HütteHut	1.5 km W
BrennesParking	2.1 km NNE
Reisemobilstellplatz BodenmaisCaravan site	5.6 km SW
Camping HeinerCampsite	6.4 km SE
Stellplatz für Wohnmobile LohbergCaravan site	7.1 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.7%

Steep, 30–45°

2.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 2.8% of the 67 km² view
Relief in view: 810 m low point 641 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 93.4%Grassland 6.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.1 km, measured from the Großer Arber summit.

Summit list 7

1Stallriegel1,228 m 0.9 km ESE
2Kleiner Arber1,384 m 1.9 km W
3Mittagsplatzl1,340 m 2.2 km SSE
4Wagnerspitze1,125 m 2.9 km NNE
5Hindenburgfelsen1,173 m 3.6 km NNE
6Hochzellberg1,208 m 3.9 km S
7Enzian1,287 m 4.0 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.1 km; 515 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Alpine Blue-sow-thistle30
Great Yellow Gentian27
Deer fern26
Hungarian Gentian24
Purple foxglove21
Fireweed21

Where it sits

Where Großer Arber sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Murner SeeLake · 395 m73 km WNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGGroßer Arber satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,451 m at the summit; the official height is 1,456 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,456 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,451 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,448 m	-8 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 2026-09-26)
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: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Großer Arber

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

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