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Oeschinen Lake

1,574 m5,164 ft

Area: 1.17 km²
Max depth: 56 m
Tonight: -3°CSnow · Wind 11 km/h SW

Oeschinen Lake is a lake at 1,574 m above sea level in Canton of Berne, Switzerland, 1.17 km² in area and 1.8 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,574 m
Length: 1.8 km
Shoreline: 5.1 km

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Oeschinen Lake

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

Nearest parking
3.4 km W
+2 more within 3.5 km
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Nearest hut
Berghaus Unterbärgli
1.0 km NNE · +2 more within 2.6 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Rendez-vous
3.3 km W · +1 more within 4.9 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz Lämmlis
5.0 km W
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Berghaus UnterbärgliHut	1.0 km NNE
Fründenhütte SACHut	2.0 km SE
Doldenhornhütte SACHut	2.6 km WSW
Camping Rendez-vousCampsite	3.3 km W
Parking	3.4 km W
Parking	3.4 km W
Parking	3.5 km W
Kandersteg International Scout CentreCampsite	4.9 km WSW
Stellplatz LämmlisCaravan site	5.0 km W

Lake

Oeschinen Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 5.1 km≈1¼ h to walk around

3D map

Oeschinen Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Oeschinen Lake terrain and contours

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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Oeschinen Lake elevation profile

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Weather

Oeschinen Lake weather

Tonight · Snow · -3°C (27°F) · 3.2 mm · Wind 11 km/h SW

Oeschinen Lake forecast for about 1,574 m.

Tonight-3°3.2 mm11 km/h SW
Today-3°0°8.4 mm12 km/h S
Sun-7°8°12.4 mm13 km/h S
Mon0°10°–5 km/h SE
Tue6°14°–1 km/h SE
Wed1°8°–3 km/h N
Thu4°10°–1 km/h N
Fri3°9°–3 km/h NW
Sat2°8°5.8 mm5 km/h NW
Sun1°5°4.1 mm4 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.

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.5%

Steep, 30–45°

41.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

14.2%

Steeper than 30°: 56.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,579 m low point 1,411 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 39.3%Bare rock / sparse 27.7%Trees 13.5%Water 8.0%Snow & ice 7.7%Moss & lichen 3.9%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 328 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Yellow Gentian30
Roman Snail20
European Globeflower18
Yellow-billed Chough16
Alpine Salamander15
Alpine Ibex15

Where it sits

Where Oeschinen Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BalmhornPeak · 3,690 m8.6 km SSW

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Print & wall

JPGOeschinen Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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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 2026-09-27)
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: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

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