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Lake · Bavaria

Rachelsee

1,071 m3,514 ft

Area: 0.05 km²
Max depth: 14 m
Tonight: 2°CFog · Wind 20 km/h SW

Rachelsee is a lake at 1,071 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 0.05 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,071 m
Length: 0.4 km
Shoreline: 0.9 km

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Lake

Rachelsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 0.9 km≈15 min to walk around

3D map

Rachelsee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Rachelsee 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Rachelsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Rachelsee weather

Tonight · Fog · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 20 km/h SW

Rachelsee forecast for about 1,071 m.

Tonight2°–20 km/h SW
Today-2°3°3.8 mm26 km/h S
Sun1°5°22.2 mm32 km/h S
Mon1°5°0.5 mm22 km/h W
Tue4°10°–5 km/h SW
Wed4°8°1.4 mm8 km/h N
Thu-1°9°–6 km/h NW
Fri0°7°1.1 mm5 km/h NE
Sat1°5°1.5 mm5 km/h NE
Sun1°5°2.1 mm8 km/h SW

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 Rachelsee

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

Nearest hut
Waldschmidthaus
1.1 km W
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Gfäll
2.6 km SW · +2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
WaldschmidthausHut	1.1 km W
GfällParking	2.6 km SW
GfällParking	2.6 km SW
RacheldiensthütteParking	3.1 km SE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

62.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.5%

Steep, 30–45°

3.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 3.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 593 m low point 855 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.6%Grassland 33.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Rachelsee.

Summit list 4

1Großer Rachel1,453 m 1.0 km WNW
2Schuhnagelkopf1,317 m 1.1 km SW
3V koutě1,276 m 1.8 km E
4Kleiner Rachel1,399 m 1.9 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 228 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Purple foxglove7
Common Redstart6
Mountain Tassel-Flower5
Hungarian Gentian5
Lettuce Shark5
Deer fern5

Where it sits

Where Rachelsee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

KleťPeak · 1,087 m66 km E

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGRachelsee 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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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 2026-09-26)
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: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Rachelsee

West → east through the centre

Nearest hut

Nearest parking