Canton of Aargau

Limmat Valley

Floor311 m1,020 ft

Depth: 258 m
Rim: 606 m
Length: 38.3 km
Tonight: 3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h W

Limmat Valley is up to 258 m deep: the rim reaches 606 m and the floor 311 m, along 38.3 km.

All facts

Floor: 311 m

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Depth

Depth of Limmat Valley

Up to 258 m deep (typically 163 m) along the 38.3 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Limmat Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Limmat Valley terrain and contours

20 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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Limmat Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Limmat Valley weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · 1.1 mm · Wind 23 km/h W

Limmat Valley forecast for about 606 m.

Tonight3°1.1 mm23 km/h W
Today3°8°10.5 mm28 km/h SW
Sun4°11°8.7 mm33 km/h SW
Mon3°11°–8 km/h SW
Tue5°15°–6 km/h SW
Wed6°12°1.5 mm11 km/h W
Thu3°12°–12 km/h NE
Fri1°9°–5 km/h SE
Sat1°7°0.6 mm4 km/h SW
Sun1°9°5.8 mm18 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 Limmat Valley

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

Nearest parking
0.1 km E
+2 more within 0.2 km
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Nearest hut
Waldhütte Lengnau
4.7 km ENE
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km E
Parking	0.2 km WSW
Parking	0.2 km WSW
Waldhütte LengnauHut	4.7 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 23.6 × 23.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

74.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.6%

Steep, 30–45°

4.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 4.2% of the 557 km² view
Relief in view: 592 m low point 288 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 49.4%Grassland 22.7%Cropland 16.0%Built-up 9.7%Water 1.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 11.8 km of Limmat Valley.

Summit list 8

1Iberg484 m 3.3 km E
2Wülpelsberg (Habsburg)505 m 5.1 km SE
3Bruggerberg516 m 5.3 km E
4Reinerberg519 m 5.7 km E
5Ufem Berg522 m 6.2 km E
6Rotbergegg632 m 6.6 km NE
7Eiteberg500 m 8.0 km SE
8Iflue512 m 8.6 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 11.8 km; 2,515 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Lesser Stag Beetle354
Asian Lady Beetle281
Burnt-tip Orchid183
Man Orchid178
Carabus auronitens178
Black snail beetle163

Where it sits

Where Limmat Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Glatt Valley33 km ESE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLimmat Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

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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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Limmat Valley

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest hut