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Lake · Canton of Lucerne

Lake Zug

413 m1,355 ft
Area
38 km²
Max depth
198 m
Tonight
6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h SW

Lake Zug is a lake at 413 m above sea level in Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 38 km² in area and 13.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
413 m
Length
13.9 km
Shoreline
43.7 km
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Lake

Lake Zug in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

13.9 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
43.7 km
3D map

Lake Zug 3D map

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Topographic map

Lake Zug 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 centre

Lake Zug elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Zug weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 23 km/h SW

Lake Zug forecast for about 413 m.

  • Tonight6°0.5 mm23 km/h SW
  • Today6°10°8.1 mm19 km/h SW
  • Sun9°15°8.5 mm27 km/h W
  • Mon8°12°–6 km/h S
  • Tue10°17°–3 km/h NW
  • Wed9°12°1.2 mm5 km/h NW
  • Thu7°13°–5 km/h N
  • Fri7°11°–3 km/h NW
  • Sat7°11°0.4 mm4 km/h NW
  • Sun7°11°12.0 mm5 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lake Zug

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.2 km SSW

    +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Campingplatz Gerbe

    2.8 km W · +1 more within 2.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    St. Hubertus Hütte

    5.7 km NE · +1 more within 4.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km SSW
Parking1.4 km SSW
Parking1.5 km SSW
Campingplatz GerbeCampsite2.8 km W
Camping/ Erleb. Bauernhof GerbeCampsite2.9 km W
Hut4.8 km ENE
St. Hubertus HütteHut5.7 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15.9 × 15.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 73% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
72.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
21.4%
Steep, 30–45°
5.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.4%
Steeper than 30°
5.9% of the 253 km² view
Relief in view
1,404 m low point 393 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 35.0%Grassland 34.5%Water 16.9%Built-up 7.5%Cropland 6.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.9 km of Lake Zug.

NESW5 km10 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Hünggigütsch1,040 m 3.9 km ENE
  2. 2Chappelerberg680 m 4.2 km W
  3. 3Hochstock994 m 4.5 km ENE
  4. 4Hochwacht989 m 4.5 km ENE
  5. 5Michaelskreuz795 m 5.6 km WSW
  6. 6Rooterberg831 m 6.1 km WSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.9 km; 1,191 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Great Crested Grebe60
  • Common Coot49
  • Lady's-slipper43
  • Black-headed Gull41
  • Common Wall Lizard31
  • Yellow-legged Gull31
Where it sits

Where Lake Zug sits

Range
Alps751
Region
Canton of Lucerne4Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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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
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