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Hochstaufen

1,771 m5,810 ft

Prominence: 324 m1,062 ft
Isolation: 2.3 km
Tonight: -1°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h W

Hochstaufen is a 1,771 m (5,810 ft) mountain in the Staufen, Bavaria, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,771 m · 5,810 ft
Nearest higher peak: Zwiesel (1,782 m)
Range: Staufen
Region: Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates: 47.7549° N, 12.8487° E

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3D map

Hochstaufen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hochstaufen 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

Hochstaufen elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hochstaufen weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 19 km/h W

Hochstaufen forecast for the summit, about 1,771 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 458 m.

Tonight-1°0.6 mm19 km/h WBase 7°
Today-6°2°0.6 mm24 km/h WBase 2 / 10°
Sun-2°7°12.4 mm28 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
Mon-2°4°0.2 mm20 km/h WBase 6 / 12°
Tue2°10°–5 km/h SWBase 9 / 18°
Wed0°5°2.6 mm11 km/h WBase 8 / 13°
Thu-4°4°–7 km/h NEBase 4 / 12°
Fri-4°4°0.1 mm5 km/h NEBase 4 / 12°
Sat-5°2°1.8 mm5 km/h NEBase 3 / 9°
Sun-4°2°3.7 mm10 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hochstaufen

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

Nearest hut
Reichenhaller Haus
0.1 km ENE · +1 more within 6.1 km
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Nearest parking
Listwirt
2.1 km SSW · +2 more within 2.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
Rupertus Therme
3.0 km SE · +1 more within 7.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Staufeneck
3.7 km ESE · +1 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Reichenhaller HausHut	0.1 km ENE
ListwirtParking	2.1 km SSW
Nonner Oberland / ListseestraßeParking	2.2 km S
Parking	2.3 km S
Rupertus ThermeCaravan site	3.0 km SE
StaufeneckCampsite	3.7 km ESE
Paul-Gruber-HausHut	6.1 km SSW
Camping LindlbauerCampsite	7.1 km W
Am HausernhofCaravan site	7.2 km W

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

35.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.9%

Steep, 30–45°

23.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

5.0%

Steeper than 30°: 28.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,317 m low point 458 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 83.9%Grassland 12.3%Built-up 2.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Hochstaufen summit.

Summit list 7

1Mittelstaufen1,657 m 0.8 km W
2Hendelbergskopf1,613 m 1.1 km W
3Hendelberg1,324 m 1.5 km WNW
4Fuderheuberg1,350 m 1.7 km E
5Fuderheustein1,321 m 2.1 km E
6Zenokopf1,756 m 2.3 km W
7Zwiesel1,782 m 2.4 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 481 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Silver-washed Fritillary14
Yellow-billed Chough13
Arran Brown10
Common Blue Damselfly9
European Toad9
Lesser Marbled Fritillary8

Where it sits

Where Hochstaufen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HochkalterPeak · 2,607 m21 km S

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

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Print & wall

JPGHochstaufen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-06.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,766 m at the summit; the official height is 1,771 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,771 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,766 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,752 m	-19 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 2026-09-06)
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

Hochstaufen

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources