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Hornisgrinde

1,164 m3,820 ft

Prominence: 511 m1,676 ft
Isolation: 53 km
Tonight: 0°CLight sleet showers · Wind 25 km/h SW

Hornisgrinde is a 1,164 m (3,820 ft) mountain in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,164 m · 3,820 ft
Nearest higher peak: Obereck (1,178 m)
Range: Black Forest
Region: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates: 48.6057° N, 8.2024° E

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3D map

Hornisgrinde 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hornisgrinde 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

Hornisgrinde elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Hornisgrinde weather

Tonight · Light sleet showers · 0°C (32°F) · 1.9 mm · Wind 25 km/h SW

Hornisgrinde forecast for the summit, about 1,164 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 214 m.

Tonight0°1.9 mm25 km/h SWBase 6°
Today0°4°15.1 mm35 km/h SBase 6 / 10°
Sun1°7°20.5 mm36 km/h SBase 7 / 12°
Mon1°6°–15 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°
Tue6°13°2.1 mm10 km/h SBase 11 / 19°
Wed2°7°0.2 mm8 km/h NWBase 8 / 13°
Thu-1°9°–6 km/h SEBase 5 / 15°
Fri-1°8°–4 km/h NWBase 5 / 14°
Sat-1°6°0.4 mm6 km/h SBase 4 / 12°
Sun0°4°10.3 mm14 km/h SWBase 6 / 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.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

38.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

54.7%

Steep, 30–45°

6.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 950 m low point 214 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 88.9%Grassland 9.1%Built-up 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Hornisgrinde summit.

Summit list 8

1Kleine Grinde1,135 m 0.9 km N
2Obergrind1,091 m 1.0 km E
3Katzenkopf1,123 m 1.0 km SSW
4Hundsrücken1,081 m 1.8 km NE
5Schwarzkopf1,058 m 2.1 km SE
6Geißkopf1,090 m 3.1 km SE
7Altsteigerskopf1,093 m 3.5 km SSE
8Seekopf1,054 m 4.5 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 603 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Himalayan balsam113
Fly Agaric70
Purple foxglove66
Common bilberry50
Fireweed46
Common heather38

Where it sits

Where Hornisgrinde sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

TitiseeLake · 846 m79 km S

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Print & wall

JPGHornisgrinde satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-13.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,164 m at the summit; the official height is 1,164 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,164 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,164 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,162 m	-3 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 2026-08-13)
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: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia