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Alpspitze · 2,628 m · 6.6 km SSW
Lake · Bavaria

Riessersee

779 m2,556 ft
Max depth
4 m
Tonight
3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 15 km/h SW

Riessersee is a lake at 779 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany.

All facts
Surface elevation
779 m
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3D map

Riessersee 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Riessersee 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

Riessersee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Riessersee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 15 km/h SW

Riessersee forecast for about 779 m.

  • Tonight3°0.2 mm15 km/h SW
  • Today2°8°3.6 mm19 km/h W
  • Sun4°12°12.5 mm23 km/h W
  • Mon4°13°0.1 mm9 km/h S
  • Tue9°20°–7 km/h S
  • Wed6°11°6.2 mm6 km/h N
  • Thu3°12°–6 km/h NE
  • Fri0°13°–7 km/h SW
  • Sat1°10°0.3 mm6 km/h N
  • Sun4°8°3.3 mm6 km/h S

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 Riessersee

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km NNE

    +2 more within 0.9 km

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  • Nearest hut

    Rießerkopf Haus (Toni Hütte)

    1.2 km SSE · +2 more within 1.2 km

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  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Resort Zugspitze

    2.0 km W · +2 more within 2.0 km

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  • Nearest caravan site

    Camp am Wank

    3.6 km NE

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All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km NNE
Parking0.2 km NNE
Parking0.9 km NNW
Hut1.2 km SSE
Rießerkopf Haus (Toni Hütte)Hut1.2 km SSE
Hut1.2 km SSE
Campsite1.7 km WNW
Camping Resort ZugspitzeCampsite2.0 km W
Camping Erlebnis ZugspitzeCampsite2.0 km W
Camp am WankCaravan site3.6 km NE
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
56.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
32.0%
Steep, 30–45°
11.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
11.9% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
824 m low point 696 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 63.8%Grassland 20.3%Built-up 12.7%Cropland 2.6%Water 0.5%

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; 432 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Toad12
  • Great masterwort10
  • Alpine Salamander9
  • Eurasian Blackbird8
  • Himalayan balsam7
  • Asian Lady Beetle7
Where it sits

Where Riessersee sits

Region
Bavaria48Germany118Europe2,143
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Nearby places

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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 2026-07-24)
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)
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 · Wikipedia