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Lake Thun

558 m1,831 ft

Area: 48 km²
Max depth: 217 m
Tonight: 7°CRain showers · Wind 10 km/h E

Lake Thun is a lake at 558 m above sea level in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, 48 km² in area and 18.0 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 558 m
Length: 18.0 km
Shoreline: 71.2 km

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3D map

Lake Thun 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Lake Thun topographic map

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.

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Lake Thun elevation profile

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Print & wall

JPGLake Thun satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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Lake

Lake Thun in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 71.2 km

Weather

Lake Thun weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 7°C (45°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 10 km/h E

Lake Thun forecast for about 558 m.

Tonight7°0.6 mm10 km/h E
Today5°9°13.7 mm10 km/h SE
Sun8°16°14.3 mm17 km/h N
Mon7°13°–6 km/h N
Tue10°20°–5 km/h NW
Wed10°14°1.0 mm8 km/h NW
Thu8°13°–5 km/h NW
Fri7°14°–5 km/h N
Sat7°14°4.1 mm6 km/h N
Sun7°11°15.8 mm4 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Thun

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

Nearest parking
1.4 km WSW
+2 more within 1.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Genossenschaft Camping Faulenseebad
2.1 km SSW · +2 more within 3.6 km
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Nearest hut
Tipi Zeltlager
4.7 km SSE
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Niesenbahn
5.3 km SSW · +2 more within 7.4 km
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	1.4 km WSW
Parking	1.4 km SW
Parking	1.4 km SW
Genossenschaft Camping FaulenseebadCampsite	2.1 km SSW
Camping StuhleggCampsite	2.8 km S
PanoramaCampsite	3.6 km SSW
Tipi ZeltlagerHut	4.7 km SSE
Stellplatz NiesenbahnCaravan site	5.3 km SSW
Stellplatz GwattCaravan site	6.9 km WNW
Caravan site	7.4 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

44.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.4%

Steep, 30–45°

20.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

4.1%

Steeper than 30°: 24.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,955 m low point 545 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 44.4%Grassland 37.0%Water 12.2%Built-up 4.3%Cropland 1.1%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10.0 km of Lake Thun.

Summit list 9

1Spitzi Flue1,658 m 3.4 km NE
2Uf Vorsess1,761 m 3.8 km ENE
3Flöschhorn1,898 m 4.3 km ENE
4Niederhorn1,963 m 4.8 km ENE
5Merra1,953 m 5.1 km NE
6Sigriswiler Rothorn2,051 m 5.7 km NE
7Meiehöri1,865 m 6.8 km SW
8Glogghore1,984 m 7.0 km SW
9Niesen2,362 m 7.3 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10.0 km; 1,778 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Common Wall Lizard131
Common Merganser96
Alpine Ibex94
Mallard72
Mute Swan67
Common Coot66

Where it sits

Where Lake Thun sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-07-24)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lake Thun

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