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Lake · Bavaria

Königssee

602 m1,975 ft

Area: 5.17 km²
Max depth: 190 m
Tonight: 6°CRain · Wind 5 km/h S

Königssee is a lake at 602 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 5.17 km² in area and 7.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 602 m
Length: 7.9 km
Shoreline: 20.1 km

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Königssee

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

Nearest parking
Königssee
4.8 km NNE · +2 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest hut
Ostwandlager
0.5 km SW · +2 more within 2.5 km
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Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobilstellplatz Großparkplatz Königssee
4.8 km N
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Nearest campsite
Grafenlehen
5.1 km N · +1 more within 5.7 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
OstwandlagerHut	0.5 km SW
GotzenalmHut	2.1 km SE
KührointalmHut	2.5 km NNW
Parking	4.5 km NNE
Parking	4.6 km NNE
KönigsseeParking	4.8 km NNE
Wohnmobilstellplatz Großparkplatz KönigsseeCaravan site	4.8 km N
GrafenlehenCampsite	5.1 km N
Camping MühlleitenCampsite	5.7 km N

Lake

Königssee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 20.1 km≈5 h to walk around

3D map

Königssee 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Königssee terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Königssee elevation profile

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Weather

Königssee weather

Tonight · Rain · 6°C (43°F) · 3.0 mm · Wind 5 km/h S

Königssee forecast for about 602 m.

Tonight6°3.0 mm5 km/h S
Today1°8°2.5 mm10 km/h S
Sun6°10°13.9 mm15 km/h S
Mon4°12°0.2 mm9 km/h W
Tue10°18°–4 km/h S
Wed8°13°10.5 mm5 km/h N
Thu5°12°–5 km/h N
Fri5°12°–6 km/h N
Sat3°8°2.8 mm4 km/h N
Sun6°10°3.9 mm2 km/h NE

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.

Slope

Share of the 9.9 × 9.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

20.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.6%

Steep, 30–45°

28.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

20.1%

Steeper than 30°: 48.2% of the 98 km² view
Relief in view: 2,095 m low point 577 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 55.3%Grassland 31.3%Bare rock / sparse 6.2%Water 6.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.9 km of Königssee.

Summit list 9

1Kleiner Watzmann2,307 m 2.7 km WNW
21. Watzmannkind2,247 m 3.0 km W
32. Watzmannkind2,232 m 3.2 km W
44. Watzmannkind2,270 m 3.4 km W
55. Watzmannkind2,225 m 3.5 km W
6Hocheck2,651 m 4.1 km W
7Watzmann-Mittelspitze2,713 m 4.2 km W
8Watzmann-Südspitze2,712 m 4.6 km W
9Kahlersberg2,350 m 4.7 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.9 km; 1,144 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mallard87
Alpine Marmot56
Christmas-rose54
Chalkhill Blue52
Yellow-billed Chough50
Northern Chamois49

Where it sits

Where Königssee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BlaueisGlacier · 1,940 m8.7 km WNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGKönigssee satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-15.

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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 2026-08-15)
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
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)
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Königssee

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