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Lusen

1,373 m4,505 ft

Prominence: 186 m612 ft
Isolation: 5.0 km
Tonight: 0°CFog · Wind 21 km/h SW

Lusen is a 1,373 m (4,505 ft) mountain in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,373 m · 4,505 ft
Nearest higher peak: Plattenhausenriegel (1,376 m)
Range: Bavarian Forest
Region: Bavaria, Germany
Protected area: Bavarian Forest National Park
Coordinates: 48.9390° N, 13.5068° E

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3D map

Lusen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lusen terrain and contours

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Lusen elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Lusen weather

Tonight · Fog · 0°C (32°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 21 km/h SW

Lusen forecast for the summit, about 1,373 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 763 m.

Tonight0°0.6 mm21 km/h SWBase 3°
Today-3°2°2.6 mm23 km/h SBase 0 / 5°
Sun-1°3°22.9 mm28 km/h SBase 2 / 6°
Mon-1°3°0.1 mm21 km/h WBase 2 / 6°
Tue2°8°–5 km/h SWBase 5 / 11°
Wed2°7°1.5 mm7 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
Thu-3°7°–6 km/h SWBase 0 / 10°
Fri-1°5°0.6 mm6 km/h SWBase 2 / 8°
Sat0°3°1.5 mm7 km/h NEBase 3 / 6°
Sun0°3°1.6 mm9 km/h SWBase 3 / 6°

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

Camping & parking near Lusen

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

Nearest hut
Lusenschutzhaus
0.2 km SSE
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Nearest parking
Waldhausreibe
1.5 km SW · +2 more within 2.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Jugendzeltplatz
6.6 km SW · +1 more within 7.5 km
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
LusenschutzhausHut	0.2 km SSE
WaldhausreibeParking	1.5 km SW
Parking	2.7 km WSW
Parkplatz Waldhäuser AusblickParking	2.9 km WSW
JugendzeltplatzCampsite	6.6 km SW
Bučina, nouzové nocovištěCampsite	7.5 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

74.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

24.2%

Steep, 30–45°

1.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 608 m low point 763 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 86.2%Grassland 13.7%

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 Lusen summit.

Summit list 6

1Hoher Filzberg1,279 m 1.1 km ESE
2Moorberg1,370 m 1.7 km N
3Steinfleckberg1,342 m 1.8 km NE
4Sulzriegel1,260 m 2.2 km SE
5Waldhäuserriegel1,151 m 2.3 km SW
6Kleiner Spitzberg1,233 m 2.4 km NW

Where it sits

Where Lusen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ČerchovPeak · 1,042 m72 km NW

Downloads

Lusen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLusen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,371 m at the summit; the official height is 1,373 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,373 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,371 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,367 m	-6 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 2026-09-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Lusen

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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