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Lake · Canton of Zurich

Katzensee

439 m1,440 ft
Area
0.17 km²
Tonight
4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h SW

Katzensee is a lake at 439 m above sea level in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 0.17 km² in area and 0.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
439 m
Length
0.7 km
Shoreline
1.9 km
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Lake

Katzensee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.7 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
1.9 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Katzensee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Katzensee terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Katzensee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Katzensee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 24 km/h SW

Katzensee forecast for about 439 m.

  • Tonight4°1.3 mm24 km/h SW
  • Today4°9°8.7 mm21 km/h SW
  • Sun5°12°9.8 mm32 km/h SW
  • Mon5°12°–8 km/h S
  • Tue7°16°–5 km/h S
  • Wed7°11°3.0 mm10 km/h NE
  • Thu4°12°–11 km/h NE
  • Fri2°10°–4 km/h N
  • Sat4°8°0.3 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun4°10°6.9 mm12 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 Katzensee

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

  • Nearest parking

    Katzensee

    0.5 km SSW · +2 more within 1.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Durchgangsplatz Geerenweg

    4.4 km S · +1 more within 4.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    5.7 km SSW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Höngger Hütte

    6.0 km W · +2 more within 6.2 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
KatzenseeParking0.5 km SSW
Parking0.8 km ENE
Parking1.0 km S
Durchgangsplatz GeerenwegCaravan site4.4 km S
Caravan site4.7 km ENE
Campsite5.7 km SSW
Höngger HütteHut6.0 km W
Waldhütte AuHut6.1 km ESE
Naturfreundehütte AltbergHut6.2 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
90.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
8.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
192 m low point 428 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 45.5%Built-up 20.2%Cropland 16.8%Grassland 15.5%Water 1.9%

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 km; 608 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Honey Bee115
  • Common Drone Fly35
  • Grey Heron23
  • Great Banded Furrow Bee23
  • Red Kite19
  • Mallard19
Where it sits

Where Katzensee sits

Region
Canton of Zurich14Switzerland432Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia