Also on the map ofJura Mountains
Lägern
- Easiest route
- 1.4 km+76 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 426 m1,396 ft
- Isolation
- 16 km
- Tonight
- 2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW
Lägern is an 866 m (2,841 ft) mountain in the Jura Mountains, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 866 m · 2,841 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Üetliberg (869 m)
- Range
- Jura Mountains
- Region
- Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
- Coordinates
- 47.4818° N, 8.3935° E
How to get to the top of Lägern
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.2 km W of Lägern
- Distance
- 1.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +76 m−11 m (249 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Lägern 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Lägern terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Lägern weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · 1.8 mm · Wind 22 km/h SW
Lägern forecast for the summit, about 866 m.
- Tonight2°1.8 mm22 km/h SW
- Today2°6°8.8 mm24 km/h SW
- Sun3°10°9.5 mm35 km/h SW
- Mon2°9°–9 km/h SW
- Tue3°14°–7 km/h SW
- Wed4°9°3.2 mm10 km/h SW
- Thu1°10°–12 km/h NE
- Fri-1°7°–4 km/h E
- Sat1°6°0.3 mm5 km/h SW
- Sun0°8°5.0 mm17 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 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lägern
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lägern, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km SSW
Nearest hut
Naturfreundehütte Altberg
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km SSW |
| Parking | 1.5 km SSW |
| Parking | 1.6 km SSE |
| Naturfreundehütte AltbergHut | 5.3 km SSE |
| Höngger HütteHut | 5.4 km SSE |
| Waldhütte LengnauHut | 7.5 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Lägern?
The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 800 m to 866 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°1.4 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
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 Lägern summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Hochwacht860 m 0.5 km E
- 2Bildstock709 m 2.1 km ESE
- 3Lägeren Burghorn859 m 2.3 km W
- 4Greppe596 m 2.9 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 400 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- March Moth13
- Gadwall13
- March Tubic12
- Eurasian Curlew11
- Spring vetch9
- Common Carder Bumble Bee7
Where Lägern sits
- Range
- Jura Mountains26
- Region
- Switzerland432Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
KatzenseeLake · 439 m↑9.3 km SE
Limmat Valley↑11 km W
KäferbergPeak · 582 m↑13 km SE
Glatt Valley↑15 km ESE
ÜetlibergPeak · 869 m↑16 km SSE
More in the Jura Mountains 6
Lägern downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.
Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 865 m at the summit; the official height is 866 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 866 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 865 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 856 m | -10 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 2026-09-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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